Children Flee Schools As Bullets Fly In Kenya’s Northeast
Wangari Njuguna reports on the growing chaos in Mandera, northeastern Kenya, where residents say they have been betrayed by the very leaders they voted into power.
A primary school has been overtaken by armed foreign troops, children preparing for exams have been forced to flee, and several lives have been lost in the scuffles. Terrified residents, left with no protection, are now taking matters into their own hands.
While the government insists the country is “safe,” families in Mandera live in fear, schools are empty, and the reality on the ground tells a very different story.
This is more than a security issue — it is a story of betrayal, inequality, and injustice that echoes far beyond Kenya’s borders.
