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Children cautiously return to school in English-speaking Cameroon

Reports and analysis of the day's political, economic and sports news from across Africa.

Parents in Cameroon’s English-speaking regions share their concerns about children returning to the classroom, as separatists have threatened and targeted schools in the past.

Could accelerated learning be a solution to situations like this, and other reasons for children to have missed school? We speak to Kwame Akyeampong, a Professor of International Education and Development.

Plus why Uganda’s Nyege Nyege music festival is the cause of controversy once again.

(Picture: An empty classroom in South-West Cameroon pictured in 2019. Credit: Getty Images)

23 minutes

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Wed 7 Sep 202219:06GMT

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