FRANCE'S HIGH SCHOOL PROTESTS HAVE TURNED VIOLENT NATIONWIDE THIS WEEK.(PHOTO).

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  France's high school protests have turned violent nationwide this week. France's high school protests have turned violent nationwide this week. Total chaos in France, police flee when hundreds of agitated school kids advanced, despite over 5,000 arrests. These high school kids are protesting over France government raising education budget by 1.7% (€1.2bn), which is below inflation rate of 3.4%. What sparked the protests Students are angry about school conditions and funding.  • Overcrowded classrooms and teacher shortages drove initial walkouts   • Government raised education budget 1.7% (€1.2bn), below 3.4% inflation  • Protests began late September and spread to 560-735 schools.  How it escalated this week Clashes grew and arrests topped 5,000. • Interior ministry reports 5,000+ arrested since Monday, ~80-85% minors • 300 police/gendarmes injured, 170 students and 65 staff injured • Riot police used tear gas; fires and attacks on schools reported e • Go...

ERITREA, SOMALIA, SUDAN, EGYPT LEADERS TO HOLD TALKS AS ETHIOPIA TENSIONS DEEPEN. (PHOTO).


 Eritrea, Somalia, Sudan, Egypt leaders to hold talks as Ethiopia tensions deepen


The leaders of Egypt, Eritrea, Somalia, and Sudan will hold a four-way summit in the northern Egyptian city of New Alamein on Sunday to discuss regional developments amid the ongoing conflict in northern Ethiopia, Anadolu Agency reported.


An Egyptian presidency statement said the summit comes as part of “consultation and coordination about regional issues of mutual concern.”


The summit will bring together Egypt's President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi, Isaias Afwerki of Eritrea, Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, and Sudan's Sovereign Council Chairman Abdel Fattah Al Burhan.


Ethiopia-Eritrea tensions


The summit comes after Ethiopia and Eritrea severed diplomatic relations, and Egypt and Ethiopia exchanged expulsions of diplomats.


​​​​​Fighting resumed in September between Ethiopian federal forces and an opposition alliance led by the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF), with hostilities spreading into parts of southern Tigray and the neighbouring Afar region.

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