Free Jailed Students, Malala Urges Burundi's Government

Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai on Thursday urged Burundi's government to release schoolchildren who were jailed for doodling on photos of President Pierre Nkurunziza, saying the country's next generation would succeed in life only by acquiring an education. Burundian authorities in May jailed the students for defacing the photos of the president, whose decision last year to run for another term spun the country into violent protests. "These children should be in school,...

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