Outgoing South Korean President Moon Jae-in staked his legacy on improving ties with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un. Moon's conservative successor is expected to handle things differently.

Hundreds of Pakistanis studying in Ukraine were brought home after Russia invaded the Eastern European country. Now they can neither go back nor find a place in local universities.

Hundreds of students in Beijing have called for freedom of movement amid concerns over tightening COVID restrictions on campuses. Videos circulated online showing students tearing down a metal wall.

Hundreds of students in Beijing have called for freedom of movement amid concerns over tightening COVID restrictions on campuses. Videos circulated online showing students tearing down a metal wall.

Wearing military fatigues and makeup to appear paler, a group of Libyan students performed the roles of 'dead soldiers', figures from a play exploring the tragedies and deceptions of war, in Libya's coastal city of Misrata. Published in 2017 by Saudi author Yasser al-Madkhali, the play 'Victory or death or Both' was revisited by Libyan director Rabih al-Ubaidi.

Although Ottawa defends itself, the Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration found that Canada’s immigration process could be ridden with bias and racial prejudice. In 2021, the rejection rate for visas for French-speaking African students was close to 70%. A processing software used by the ministry called Chinook was also targeted by the group. Several organisations and immigration advocates are calling out the processes in place, which they say lead to systemic racism.

Following the findings of a truth commission, 43 students who disappeared in Mexico in September 2014, have been declared dead. The commission was also scathing of the government and military's handling of the case.

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The prolonged strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) is causing sleepless nights among parents and students over the future of students in higher institutions. Guardian TV went to the street of Lagos to talk to students and parents affected by the strike

On Monday, it was the Lagos airport that was affected. It looks set to be Apapa ports that will be occupied on Tuesday. What about Wednesday? We don’t know yet, but as one student pointed out, the government should yield to the demands of ASUU before the on-going solidarity protest by NANS morphs into something akin to the #EndSARS protests.

More and more young Africans are packing their bags and moving abroad. Political instability and poor economic prospects have made the continent's biggest generation uncertain about their futures. But is leaving really the answer?

Families of Mexico's 43 missing students still hope to get justice eight years after they disappeared. However, they lost a key ally with Omar Gomez Trejo's resignation and are "extremely" concerned.