Education in Danger Monthly News Brief, January 2021
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Burkina Faso
07 January 2021: In Koumbri department, Yatenga province, a teacher was abducted by suspected volunteer fighters (VDP) from inside an IDP camp. Source: ACLED
Cameroon
01 or 02 January 2021: In Ouzal locality, Mayo-Tsanaga department, Far North province, unidentified perpetrators believed to be Boko Haram killed a teacher and two civilians, and looted several houses. Sources: ACLED1 and L’Oeil du Sahel
07 January 2021: Around Mulang area, Bamenda town, Mezam department, Northwest province, suspected Ambazonian fighters stopped a car, sending away the driver and abducting six or seven students who were in the vehicle on their way to the University of Bamenda. Sources: ACLED1 and Mimi Mefo Info