Amnesty Condemns School Attacks in Nigeria
10/16/2013
Nigeria Violence
Hello and welcome to As It Is from VOA Learning English!
I’m Bob Doughty.
Today we have two reports from Africa.
We hear about claims by the human rights group Amnesty International that “education is under attack” in northern Nigeria.
And, we tell about how the government in Rwanda has returned thousands of child soldiers to civilian life. But at the same time, the United Nations says Rwandan children are being forced to fight with rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
But first, we turn to attacks on Nigerian school buildings – with teachers and children inside.
The rights group Amnesty International says “education is under attack” in northern Nigeria. It says as many as 70 teachers and more than 100 students have been killed there since the beginning of 2012. Some parents say they are afraid to send their children to school. George Grow has the story from reporter Heather Murdock in Abuja.
In the past, schools in northern Nigeria were attacked at night. The school buildings burned to the ground while students and teachers were in their homes. But now, the attacks often take place in daylight. The attackers kill teachers and students before the buildings are destroyed.
Makmid Kamara is with Amnesty International. He says the attacks have turned deadly because teachers are special targets. School children and older students also suffer and die in the violence.
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