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Amnesty urges Senegal to take strong action over abuse in Koranic schools

A student carrying his begging bowl near the main Touba Mosque in Senegal © AFP/File - Issouf Sanogo

An Amnesty International report published on Monday found that many children in Senegal's Koranic schools continue to face multiple abuses as well as financial exploitation through forced begging. The human rights organisation is calling on the government to enforce existing conventions to better protect children.

In the Muslim-majority nation where religious leaders wield wide social and political influence, poor children have long been entrusted to Koranic schools, called daaras, for their education.

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