TOKYO: Japan and the United Nations Children’s Fund have signed and exchanged a letter regarding the “Plan for the Reopening of Elementary Schools in Conflict-affected Areas (UNICEF Cooperation)” for free financial cooperation of 735 million yen ($4.8 million) for the Republic of Sudan.
Japan’s Foreign Ministry reported that the letter was signed in New York by Japanese Ambassador to the United Nations Mikanagi Tomohiro and Mandeep O’Brien, Global Director, Public Partnership Division of the United Nations Children’s Fund.
All schools in Sudan were closed from April 2023 due to the ongoing armed conflict. Since then, only around 30 percent of schools have reopened, and it is said that about 90 percent of school-age children are not attending school.
In addition, the schools that were able to reopen were overcrowded due to the influx of internally displaced people.
There is also a shortage of teaching materials and important facilities such as toilets and water supply systems were destroyed and sanitary conditions have deteriorated.
The agreement aims to improve the learning environment for the reopening of elementary schools and strengthen the capabilities of educators in the five central, eastern and southern states of Sudan, where there are many schools that need to be restored due to direct damage from combat and the acceptance of internally displaced people.
Japan, UNICEF sign agreement to help reopen schools in Sudan
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Japan, UNICEF sign agreement to help reopen schools in Sudan
- Japan’s Foreign Ministry reported that the letter was signed in New York
- All schools in Sudan were closed from April 2023 due to the ongoing armed conflict
Syrian authorities find remains of five victims of Assad regime
- The remains of the individuals were scattered on open ground near a house in the village of Al-Qashla, near Manbij
LONDON: Syrian authorities completed the recovery of the remains of at least five individuals in eastern Aleppo province, believed to have died due to the brutal practices of the deposed Bashar Assad regime.
The Syrian Civil Defense found the remains of individuals scattered on open ground near a house in the village of Al-Qashla, near Manbij, according to the Syrian Arab News Agency.
They have been surveying and investigating the area since Monday, when the first report of human remains came through, in coordination with the National Authority for the Missing.
Authorities have found multiple mass graves in Syria since the fall of the Assad regime in December 2024.
Last week, authorities reported that the remains of 14 individuals were found in the Adra industrial area, northeast of Damascus, during excavation for mill foundations in the area.
According to the Syrian Network for Human Rights, nearly 177,000 people have been forcibly disappeared in Syria since March 2011.
