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UN: 30 million African kids missing primary school

By Sarah DiLorenzo
Published June 17, 2014 5:19pm ET
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UN: 30 million African kids missing primary school
Twelve-year-old, Kemi Olajuwon, who has to drop out of school some days to sell smoked fish and make money so there can be food in the house, and also for her school fees, displays her fish on the street in the Obalende area of Lagos, Nigeria, Tuesday, June 17, 2014. About 30 million primary school-aged children in sub-Saharan Africa are not in class, partially because of conflict and poverty, and progress to get them back to school has stalled, two U.N. agencies said. The situation is especially dire in West and Central Africa, which has the largest proportion of children out of school of any region in the world, said a pair of reports published Monday by UNICEF, the U.N. children's agency, and the statistics arm of UNESCO, the U.N. cultural and education agency. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba) | Sunday Alamba

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — About 30 million primary school-aged children in sub-Saharan Africa are not in class, partially because of conflict and poverty, and progress to get them back to school has stalled, two U.N. agencies said.

The situation is especially dire in West and Central Africa, which has the largest proportion of children out of school of any region in the world, said a pair of reports published Monday by UNICEF, the U.N. children’s agency, and the statistics arm of UNESCO, the U.N. cultural and education agency.

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