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Somalia: Thousands of Students Sit for High School Exams Despite Militant Threat

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More than 23,000 Somali students are sitting their final Secondary School exams despite recent militant threats that it will punish parents who send their children to Western-style schools and universities. Somalia’s minister of education, Abdurahman Dahir Osman, said the exams, which began Saturday, will be conducted in 77 centers across five federal states – Galmudug, Hirshabelle, Southwest, Jubaland and Benadir. Launching the exam in Mogadishu, Somali Prime Minister Hassan Ali...

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