Ebola, disaster and conflict force 9 million children out of school

By Matt Wade
Updated October 30 2014 - 1:28am, first published 12:15am
Lost education: Orphans Promise,16, Emmanuel jnr, 11, and Benson Cooper, 15, at their home in Monrovia, Liberia, after losing their parents to Ebola.
Lost education: Orphans Promise,16, Emmanuel jnr, 11, and Benson Cooper, 15, at their home in Monrovia, Liberia, after losing their parents to Ebola.

Nearly 9 million children have been forced out of school in the past year by a spate of major humanitarian crises, especially the Ebola outbreak in West Africa.