West and central Africa's closed schools putting children at risk, Unicef warns
Only seven out of 24 countries have reopened classrooms with Covid-safe measures, leaving millions unable to access education
Only one in three countries in west and central Africa have reopened their schools, leaving children at risk of , and recruitment by local armed groups, Unicef has warned.
Six months after schools across the region closed under lockdown measures, just seven out of 24 countries – Benin, Burkina Faso, Cabo Verde, Chad, the Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea and Sierra Leone – have been able to put measures in place to make classrooms safe for reopening, including hygiene stations and social distancing.
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