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Nigeria kidnappings: ‘I’m afraid to return to school’
BBC News, April 22, 2021
More than 800 students have been abducted from their schools in northern Nigeria since December.
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Attacks on education occur in many countries affected by armed conflict, insecurity, and weak systems of human rights protections or political pluralism. Schools and universities should be safe havens where students and educators can work toward a better future. Instead, in at least 37 countries globally, there is a pattern of attacks on education by state security forces and non-state armed groups.

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VIEW NEWSMore than 800 students have been abducted from their schools in northern Nigeria since December.
Watch the video here