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Somalia’s Bay Villagers Displaced by Drought Fear a Future Without Education

Axadle Editorial Desk 6 min read
Somalia
‘No school, no food’: Drought pushes Bay region children out of class and into Baidoa’s camps BAIDOA, Somalia — At night in a camp on the edge of this bustling regional capital, Hassan Isaq Sabri counts his children as they file into borrowed huts to sleep. The adults bed down outside. By morning, he will borrow 20 liters of water from neighbors and begin the daylong search for a meal — and for a way to keep his four school-age children from slipping further behind. “My children had a good education before,” said Hassan, 55,…

Washington paints a bleak photo of the issue

Axadle Editorial Desk 1 min read
East-Africa
The US State Department publishes a report on Burundi. The 40-page document highlights serious human rights violations, which continue despite the change of president. This US State Department document is based on several reports from local and international NGOs and the findings of the UN Commission of Inquiry.One of the few…