Militant violence shutters 2,500 Burkina schools

Militant attacks in Burkina Faso have caused 2,500 schools to close since 2017, depriving 350,000 children of a proper education, Human Rights Watch said on Tuesday. In a report, it said it had documented 126 attacks on schools, teachers and students, more than half of which occurred last year. At least 12 teachers have been killed and others have been abducted or tortured, it said. Those killed include five teachers shot at a school, two teachers who were beheaded, and a retired teacher who was gunned down as he tutored children. —