Schools across Cameroon are due to reopen on 4 September, but in English-speaking regions separatist militias have warned them to remain closed as they enforce a boycott. Separatists have been keeping kids out of class for the past six years through violent attacks, leaving parents afraid to send their children back – but now religious leaders are calling for learning to resume.
More than 700,000 children in Cameroon’s two conflict-hit anglophone regions have endured disruptions to their education since late 2016.
