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Added on the 09/02/2020 10:19:55 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
A day after their release, dozens of Nigerian schoolchildren kidnapped by gunmen earlier this month, arrive at the Kaduna State Government House ahead of a meeting with the governor of the northwestern state, Uba Sani. The mass abduction in Kuriga, Kaduna state on March 7 was one of the biggest attacks on a school in years and sparked a national outcry over insecurity. IMAGES
Schools in Denmark reopen after a month-long closure over the novel coronavirus, becoming the first country in Europe to do so. However classes are only resuming in about half of Denmark's municipalities and in about 35 percent of Copenhagen's schools, as other have requested more time to adjust to health protocols still in place. IMAGES
Seventy children were still missing following a blaze that destroyed a school dormitory in central Kenya and killed at least 17 young pupils, Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua says in a statement in Endarasha where the tragedy took place overnight. SOUNDBITE
Aerial images of Hillside Endarasha Academy, in central Kenya, where at least 17 young children have been killed in a fire that ripped through the primary school's dormitory overnight. IMAGES
Anxious parents wait for news outside a primary school in central Kenya, after an overnight fire in a dormitory kills at least 17 children and injured several others. Police say the blaze in Nyeri county's Hillside Endarasha Academy broke out at around midnight, while the children were sleeping. There are fears there could be more victims in the damaged building. Some 800 pupils, between the ages of roughly five and 12 attend the institution. IMAGES