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Boko Haram violence forces 1 million children from school
Children displaced by Boko haram attacks, waves to the convoy of former UK Foreign Secretary David Miliband, during a visit to the camp in Maiduguri, Nigeria, Dec
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Children displaced by Boko haram attacks, waves to the convoy of former UK Foreign Secretary David Miliband, during a visit to the camp in Maiduguri, Nigeria, Dec. 7, in the heart of Nigeriaâs war zone. Miliband, now president of the International Rescue Committee, dropped to kneel to make eye contact with children in a refugee camp Maiduguri, the northeastern city that has 1 million residents and 2 million refugees, half of them children. (AP/Sunday Alamba) (AP/Sunday Alamba)
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span class="inline inline-center">Children displaced by Boko haram attacks, waves to the convoy of former UK Foreign Secretary David Miliband, during a visit to the camp in Maiduguri, Nigeria, Dec. 7, in the heart of Nigeria's war zone. Miliband, now president of the International Rescue Committee, dropped to kneel to make eye contact with children in a refugee camp Maiduguri, the northeastern city that has 1 million residents and 2 million refugees, half of them children. (AP/Sunday Alamba)
The United Nations children's agency says attacks by Islamic extremist group Boko Haram in northeastern Nigeria and neighboring countries have forced more than 1 million children out of school heightening the risk they will be abused, abducted or recruited by armed groups.
The agency said Tuesday the conflict has forced 2,000 schools to close, some for more than a year, in Nigeria, Cameroon, Chad and Niger. Some have been looted or set on fire by the militant group whose name means "Western education is sinful."
Insecurity also prevents teachers from going back to classes. And in schools that have reopened, classrooms are overcrowded.
Boko Haram's insurgency has killed about 20,000 people and displaced millions, according to Amnesty International. (kes)(+)
