Rioters have destroyed 137 classrooms in 64 schools in the northern Mozambican province of Nampula, according to a Friday report on the independent television station, STV. Much of the coverage of the post-election riots concentrated on the disruption to the roads in and around Maputo and the neighbouring city of Matola. But riots affected the north of the country too. Rampaging gangs destroyed libraries, school administrative offices, and furniture.
All the desks in the classrooms were removed and destroyed. Even the blackboards were systematically ruined. The windows were smashed and even the floor was ripped up. This scenario was repeated in the other schools targeted by the rioters. Nonetheless, the Nampula Provincial Directorate of Education insists that the 2025 school year will begin on time, on 31 January, in all the province’s schools. But the enormous scale of the destruction means that many more classes than usual will be held in the open air.
(Source All Africa)
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