Teacher tells of shock at waking up to find he had suffered hearing loss overnight

Here is a story of one woman who makes the old adage “disability is not inability” come to life.

A lot has been written and said about noise pollution, particularly in urban areas. In Tanzania, after a long silence on the social and health hazards due to the problem, tough legislation have been passed in a bid to punish noise makers.

>You probably hear it in your neighbourhood -- that loud recreational sound from a local club.

>Try closing your eyes for a minute. Without the luxury of vision, your sense of hearing seems to kick into overdrive, with every rustle and stir sounding louder and clearer. Sit in darkness long enough and your brain may end up rewiring itself to turn you into a super-listener.

Over the past few years, the country’s education sector has been going through various challenges. Lack of teachers in both primary and secondary schools is top of the list. Stakeholders have suggested several solutions, one of them being the hiring of foreign teachers.

A Koranic teacher, who has fled to Niger, tells the BBC about a Boko Haram attack on his village last year.

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