In Pictures: Education for the future of a generation threatened

Niger is one of the poorest countries in the world, and violence is causing mass displacement. The forced displacements and massive school closures have drastically increased the number of out-of-school children.

Updated
January 31, 2023 at 1:08 PM
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January 31, 2023 at 8:46 AM
A boy looks through a hole in a wall at the Sakoira school in the Tillaberi region of Niger on Jan 25, 2023. PHOTO: AFP
Pupils stand in the Sakoira school courtyard in the Tillaberi region of Niger on Jan 25, 2023. PHOTO: AFP
Pupils attend a lesson in a classroom at the Sakoira school in the Tillaberi region of Niger on Jan 25, 2023. PHOTO: AFP
Aichata Hassan, an internally displaced person (IDP) from Alzou, poses poses for a portrait at the Sakoira school in Niger, on Jan 25, 2023. After fleeing the jihadists, she never thought she would have to face such a challenge: proving to the world that her 12-year-old daughter Nadia exists administratively so that she can go to school in Niger.
 PHOTO: AFP
A schoolboy sits on a wall at the Sakoira school in the Tillaberi region of Niger on Jan 25, 2023. PHOTO: AFP
Pupils attend a lesson in a classroom at the Sakoira school in the Tillaberi region of Niger on Jan 25, 2023. PHOTO: AFP
A schoolgirl holds a broom in a classroom at the Sakoira school in the Tillaberi region of Niger on Jan 25, 2023. PHOTO: AFP
Children play on a slide at the Sakoira school in the Tillaberi region of Niger on Jan 25, 2023. PHOTO: AFP
Girls carry chairs at the Sakoira school, in the Tillaberi reigion of Niger on Jan 25, 2023. PHOTO: AFP
Pupils stand in the Sakoira school courtyard in the Tillaberi region of Niger on Jan 25, 2023. PHOTO: AFP
Pupils attend a lesson in a classroom at the Sakoira school in the Tillaberi region of Niger on Jan 25, 2023. PHOTO: AFP
A woman walks with her son at the Sakoira school in the Tillaberi region of Niger on Jan 25, 2023. PHOTO: AFP

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