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Education cannot wait investments transform children’s lives in Somalia

Education cannot wait investments transform children’s lives in Somalia

ABDALLE AHMED MUMIN  TEN-YEAR-OLD Sabah Abdi from Ali Isse, a small rural village on the Somaliland-Ethiopian border, scored well in her recent exams, placing third overall in her local village school of 400 students. Yet it was just three years ago Sabah spent her days helping with household chores and herding goats, rather than studying because her pastoralist family could not afford her school fees. “I’m very glad to be among the top three students in the village school. I am hoping to be a doctor and cure sick people in the village when I grow up,” Sabah told IPS. Droughts,…
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Education is both the victim and the best weapon in Central Sahel conflict

Education is both the victim and the best weapon in Central Sahel conflict

CRAIG BAILIE, Lecturer in Political Science, Stellenbosch University SOUTH Africa’s first democratically elected president, Nelson Mandela, captured the value of education when he said, “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” This is why quality education is one of the 17 sustainable development goals “to transform our world” of the United Nations (UN). It’s also why protecting education from attack during armed conflict and in insecure spaces is so important. The UN has had the protection and provision of education during armed conflict on its agenda since 2010. This was when the General…
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