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Kenyan schools live in fear of Al-Shabaab
A young girl studies for class at the Ibnu-Siina school in Garissa, Kenya. The school is located only a few hundred meters from Garissa University, where 147 people were killed by Al-Shabaab terrorists in early April.
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James Ndonye, the headmaster of the school, says five out of 11 teachers have left in the past year amid rising fears of an attack by Al-Shabaab on the school. He has replaced them, but it has not been easy.
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Al-Shabaab have launched a series of deadly attacks over the last few years in the region mostly targeting Christians. Many of the math and science teachers in this area are Christian. There is only one security guard for Ibnu-Siina school, and he is unarmed.
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The school teaches mathematics, science and English. But it's an education that Al-Shabaab is trying to prevent the children from obtaining, according to Ndonye.
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Lessons and metrics are graphically illustrated on some of the school walls.
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Kenya's students -- like the girl picture here -- aren't the only ones under threat. In Nigeria around 270 girls were kidnapped from their school in Chibok by Boko Haram last year.
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A class timetable for the school in Garissa.
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A sign outside the Ibnu-Siina school provides some small light relief to students who live in constant fear of an attack.