Fears some of the inmates in Nigeria's torture schools have learning disability

Nigerian parents are sending their children with learning disability to religious rehabilitation centres known for torture, according to a special needs worker.

Omolola Aneke - director of Dewdrops community centre for special needs in Abuja, said parents send their children to be cured of autism and hyper activity disorder due to lack of awareness and shortage of specialist provisions.

A top UN official in Malawi has called for religious tolerance in the country after two girls were prevented from attending a school in Balaka town, about 206 km (128 miles) south-west of the capital Lilongwe, for wearing a hijab.

(Image: Many have been found shackled and tortured. Credit: Reuters)