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Insecurity sparks school boycotts

    JOHANNESBURG

    School children in the Kavango region in northern Namibia are boycotting classes in protest against the Angolan civil war which has spilled over into Namibia.

    'The Namibian' newspaper said on Tuesday that both primary and secondary schools in the Mashare and Ndiyone constituents were reported closed on Monday. It added that pupils at the Nyangana Combined School, about 100 km east of the border town of Rundu, held a demonstration calling for increased security in the region.

    Namibian education officials told IRIN on Tuesday that a number of schools were involved but could not say how many pupils were affected.

    Regional Education Director Sebastian Kantema was quoted by 'The Namibian' as saying that the "problem was complex" and could not be solved by posting security forces at all schools in the Kavango region.

    This article was produced by IRIN News while it was part of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Please send queries on copyright or liability to the UN. For more information: https://shop.un.org/rights-permissions

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