Delegations representing religious and ethnic minorities from Syria, Kurdistan Region, Turkey and beyond gathered Monday at the International Religious Freedom Summit in Washington DC, using the global stage to spotlight persecution and call for urgent international action.

Around half of all school-age children in Sudan, or more than eight million, are no longer in education because of the country’s civil war, in one of the world’s worst education crises, Save The Children said in a report on Thursday.

The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Ministry of Education announced on Tuesday the operational launch of the third phase of the “My School” (Qutabixanekem) digital platform, a significant milestone that extends e-learning resources to students in the final three years of basic education.

Education International (EI) urgently calls on all member organisations to take action in response to the rapidly deteriorating situation in Northeast Syria and the severe threats facing teachers, students, unionists, and the entire education system established in Rojava, Syria.