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Safety, security and access incidents
Incidents of threats and violence affecting education provision.
Africa
Angola
01 July 2021: In the town of Uige, province of Uige, 11 teachers were taken into custody during a demonstration against unpaid salaries. Teachers were reportedly tortured by police before being released. * Sources: ACLED1 and CPJ
Burkina Faso
July 01, 2021: In the village of Doubou, commune of Bilanga, province of Gnagna, suspected militants of Jama’at Nasr alIslam wal Muslimin (JNIM) looted a school canteen. * Source: ACLED1
July 16, 2021: In the villages of Kibare, Tobou and Kyriomdeni, Bilanga commune, Gnagna province, suspected JNIM militants burned down a school (Kibare), looted two school canteens (Kyriomdeni and Tobou) and looted the residence of the director of the school (Tobou). * Source: ACLED1
Burundi
July 07, 2021: In the village of Nyarunazi, Rutegama commune, Muramvya province, a male teacher was kidnapped by the police and Imbonerakure. Source: ACLED1
July 09, 2021: On Murinda hill, Vugizo commune, Makamba province, a teacher was abducted from his home by police officers traveling in two vehicles of the National Intelligence Service (SNR). The police also attacked and injured his wife during the kidnapping. Source: SOS Media
Cameroon
June 30, 2021: In Mbingo, Belo Subdivision, Boyo Division, North West Region, students and teachers were attacked by suspected armed separatists from Aboh. The students had gathered at a primary school located inside the Baptist Hospital of Mbingo for the national exam, which took place on 29 and
June 30th. The perpetrators interrupted the exam, searched the office, and took all the exam scripts with them. School and examination center staff were also intimidated and interrogated, and their phones confiscated. * Source: Mimimefo
July 01, 2021: In the town of Kumba, Ekondo Titi sub-division, Ndian division, South-West region, a teacher from a government high school was shot dead at his home by suspected operating separatists.
According to some reports, he had just returned home when the attackers knocked on his door and shot him. Reports suggest that the former GCE chief examiner in the town of Kumba was also shot and killed. * Sources: Cameroon Info, Facebook and Mimimefo
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