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Hunger fuels school drop-outs in drought-stricken areas

Dhahabu Adan, a parent, in one of the classrooms at Bula Mobile Nursery and Primary school, together with her two children. [Mercy Kahenda, Standard]

It is a Tuesday morning but the classroom is locked with a padlock.

Young boys herding livestock stop by and take shelter from the scorching as they play with marbles on the verandah.

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