Mozambique: Repairing Terrorist Damage to Schools Costed At 23.4 Million Dollars

Maputo — The Mozambican Ministry of Education has estimated at 1.5 billion meticais (about 23.4 million US dollars, at the current exchange rate) the amount required for rehabilitating the schools destroyed by ISIS terrorists in the northern province of Cabo Delgado, according to a report in Thursday's issue of the Maputo daily "Noticias".

Addressing on Wednesday the opening session of a meeting of her Ministry's Coordinating Council in the southern province of Gaza, Education Minister Carmelita Namashulua said that, despite a positive performance in 2020, the education sector has been severely affected by the combination of events such as the Covid-19 pandemic, terrorism in Cabo Delgado and instability caused by gunmen of the self-styled Renamo Military Junta in the central Mozambique.

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