Sudanese schoolchildren race to make up for years lost to war
Millions of children had been forced out of school. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.
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Sudanese schoolchildren race to make up for years lost to warSign up now: Get ST's newsletters delivered to your inboxMore than eight million children in Sudan are currently out of school, according to the UN’s children’s agency.PHOTO: AFPPublished May 01, 2026, 03:00 PMUpdated May 01, 2026, 03:00 PMPORT SUDAN, Sudan – Sudanese 13-year-old Afrah wants to become a surgeon, and nothing will stop her, not even the war that has ravaged her country and forced millions of children out of school.Quiet and determined, she kept learning on her own for months, uprooted by the now three-year conflict between Sudan’s army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces.“I would study my lessons again and again,” she told AFP at a displacement camp in Port Sudan, where she is again receiving an education…
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