Uganda’s schools reopen to students after world’s longest pandemic disruption

Pupils walk around the school compound during break time at Kitante Primary School in Kampala, Uganda (Hajarah Nalwadda/AP)

Uganda’s schools reopened to students, ending the world’s longest school disruption due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

The reopening caused traffic congestion in some areas of the capital, Kampala, and students can be seen carrying their mattresses in the streets, a back-to-boarding school phenomenon not witnessed here for nearly two years.