Violence caused by Boko Haram keeping more than 1 million children out of school

Refugee children in Nigeria.
(Image credit: Boureima Hama/AFP/Getty Images)

More than one million children in Nigeria, Chad, Cameroon, and Niger are unable to attend school due to Boko Haram's insurgency across the region.

"It's a staggering number," Manuel Fontaine, UNICEF's West and Central Africa Regional Director, said in a statement. "The conflict has been a huge blow for education in the region, and violence has kept many children out of the classroom for more than a year, putting them at risk of dropping out of school altogether."

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.