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African students wonder what next after Ukraine war upends education

Mandisa Malindisa, a fourth-year medical student who was studying in Ukraine before the invasion looks on during her interview in Johannesburg, South Africa, March 11, 2022. [Reuters]

Nkateko Muyimane and six fellow African students hid in a subway while Russian shells pounded Kharkiv, before fleeing on a train to Budapest they very nearly failed to board.

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