Kenya: Pupils Stay Away From Schools for Fear of Al Shabaab Attacks

28 January 2016

More than 400 pupils in Basuba Ward, Lamu East Sub-County, have not been to school from the beginning of the term because of insecurity.

Basuba, Milimani, Mangai, Mararani and Kiangwe primary schools have remained closed three weeks after the academic year began because teachers fled for fear of attacks by Al-Shabaab.

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