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Pakistani teenage education activist Malala Yousafzai says Somali schoolgirls risk losing out on education if they are forced to leave Dadaab refugee camp. (Photo: Courtesy)
Dadaab, Kenya: Somali schoolgirls risk losing out on education and becoming child brides if they are forced to leave the world's largest refugee camp in Kenya and move to their war-torn country where there are not enough schools, Malala Yousafzai said on Tuesday.
The Pakistani teenage education activist, who survived a near-fatal attack by the Taliban in 2012, spent her 19th birthday in Dadaab camp, which Kenya wants to close, citing security concerns.
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