In response to a teacher protest, more than 100 schools in the Beni region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo have been closed for nearly two weeks.
Following the death of three teachers in a jihadist attack last month, dozens of school employees have decided not to go back to work.
The union-coordinated staff has said that they will not start teaching until the attack investigation’s findings are made public.
Overnight on October 24, a militia group raided the Masosi locality, killing at least 26 people with machetes.
Five individuals are still missing as a result of the incident, according to Congolese Army spokesperson Captain Anthony Mualushayi, who spoke with the BBC.
The Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), an Islamist organization with roots in Uganda, was blamed for the deaths by the army.
Talks between the authorities and the striking teaching unions have come to a standstill while the attack is still being investigated.
Approximately 6.9 million individuals in the Democratic Republic of the Congo have been forcibly removed from their homes this year, most of them are escaping the instability brought on by the more than 200 armed groups that are active in the country’s east, according to the International Organization for Migration.
