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Tragic Boarding School Fire Claims Lives of 17 Students in Kenya A devastating inferno swept through a dormitory at a boarding school in central Kenya, claiming the lives of 17 boys who were fast asleep while injuring 14 others, as reported by police and government representatives. Authorities have indicated that the death toll might increase following the disaster at Hillside Endarasha Primary School in Nyeri county, with survivors currently receiving care in various hospitals. According to government spokesman Isaac…

"Take your sheets" is the app that just won the Challenge App Africa competition from RFI and France 24. It is an application that allows students to revise their lessons and test themselves before exams. In a country where education is sometimes criticized and…

Al-Shabaab blast targets faculty principal in Mogadishu MOGADISHU, Somalia - A college principal was focused by al-Shabaab militants on Tuesday, authorities stated, simply days after the federal government introduced the deaths of practically 225 terrorists throughout the Federal Republic of Somalia. Eyewitnesses say the highschool administrator was killed in an explosion believed to have come…

The Ségou region, in southern Mali, hosts many displaced families. For its children, Unicef ​​distributed 3,000 solar-powered radios in four regions of the country to provide educational programs to more than 18,000 students, to prevent school dropouts. From our correspondent in Bamako,Eight young girls gathered around Aïssata.…

Originally scheduled for July 2, the end of the year can only occur on September 8, which is about two months late. as reported from Kinshasa, Patient LigodiThis end of the year was disrupted by the shutdowns due to measures to combat the spread of Covid-19.But despite this extension, the program is not over. Thus, students get…

This is a first for students in the Sahara region Taoudéni, in northern Mali. One hundred students take the test that opens them, perhaps the doors to the school. The trials were organized in Timbuktu, where their families have been displaced since the early 2010s. The exam began on Monday with the dictation-question test.…

In Nigeria, 28 of the 121 children abducted three weeks ago were released in the center of the country on Sunday morning. They had been kidnapped inside their own school by armed men, whom the locals call "bandits". The 28 children released are all between 10 and 12 years old. The photos and testimonials sent to RFI say they…

On the fifth anniversary of the brutal coup attempt by military infiltrators belonging to the Gülenist Terror Group (FETÖ), a Turkish diocese gained control of a school in Ethiopia, formerly run by the terrorist group, which has an international network of schools. The Turkish Maarif Foundation on Thursday adopted the full administration of the state of Oromia after a legal battle that stretched over years. "The official handover of the school will be followed soon after the transfer of assets is…

Screening of films, exhibitions and workshops ... The target school in Poto-Poto, the very first in Brazzaville, founded in 1951 by the Frenchman Pierre Lods, ended a series of events on Saturday 26 June to celebrate its 70th anniversary. This facility was not saved by the Covid-19 pandemic. Built at the foot of a baobab tree, Poto-Poto target school borders other trees that protect the building like a bird's nest. Seen from near and far, it has the shape of an obelisk. “I was 20 (when I came here). Young people were…

A Koran school in the state of Niger in the north-central part of the country was attacked by armed men on Sunday, May 30, 2021. The school accommodates more than 200 students and no results are yet known. According to a statement from the local police, armed men arrived on motorcycles and attacked the Salihu Tanko Koranic…