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Fleeing jihadist violence, Niger pupils return to school
Fleeing jihadist violence, Niger pupils return to school
Africa
by  AFP

With blue schoolbags bouncing off their backs, hundreds of schoolchildren hurtle down small sand dunes eager to attend class again. - 'Killed by the bandits' - In Ouallam, almost 1,600 schoolchildren -- some of whom had not attended class for three years -- are registered with three centres built near a site for displaced people.

Blue whales eat 10 million pieces of microplastic a day: study
Blue whales eat 10 million pieces of microplastic a day: study
World
by  AFP

Blue whales consume up to 10 million pieces of microplastic every day, research estimated Tuesday, suggesting that the omnipresent pollution poses a bigger danger to the world's largest animal than previously thought. Under the most likely scenario, the blue whales ate up to 10 million microplastic pieces a day.