Petition seeks Unesco’s help for African students who fled Ukraine
Africans studying in Sumy arrive at the main train station in Lviv, Ukraine on March 9, 2022. Change.org is running a petition to fight for African students in Ukraine universities whose education was affected by the invasion. PHOTO | AFP
Three months after Russia invaded Ukraine, causing one of the biggest modern displacements of civilians in Europe, East African students who were in the latter country for studies are uncertain of completing their education.
These students had taken up studies in Ukraine either through government-to-government scholarship programmes or individual sponsorship seeing as the country boasts cheaper tuition fees.
