Niger is considered the poorest country in the world and the world's youngest country, more than half of the population is under 15 years of age. Tahoua, Niger, September 1, 2018 .
"Twenty-one classrooms in straw huts caught fire. Around 20 children were trapped in the blaze," fire service commander Sidi Mohamed said on public television on Tuesday. Public television, citing witnesses, said the fire had broken out at around 4.00 pm , "when the victims were in class".Prime Minister Ouhoumoudou Mahamadou travelled to the scene of the tragedy, on the edge of the capital, to offer his condolences to the children's parents.Niger ranks as the poorest country in the world under the UN's 189-nation Human Development Index.
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