SAHEL SCHOOL CLOSURES INCREASE BY 20% IN PAST YEAR, WITH 200,000 MORE CHILDREN OUT OF CLASS (SAVE THE CHILDREN)

An uptick in violence in the Sahel region – Burkina Faso, Niger and Mali has led to the closure of nearly 7,800 primary schools , said Save the Children with the number of closures rising 20% in the past year.

https://www.savethechildren.net/news/sahel-school-closures-increase-20-past-year-200000-more-children-out-class#:~:text=DAKAR%2C%208%20September%202023%3A%20An,20%25%20in%20the%20past%20year.