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When a country descends into political instability, various social
groups will be affected. These may sometimes consist of businesspeo-

ple, sometimes of police and the military and sometimes of people of
different beliefs. These groups express raising dissatisfaction as the
effects of the instability intensify. The media generally act as a mouth-
piece for these groups' complaints, or else people themselves take to
the streets in protest.
There is another voiceless group at least as numerous as business
people or workers. These people may suffer worst of all, but their voic-

es are heard least at times of crisis. These people are children, a coun-
try's future. Children are not fed and cannot wash properly in times of
crisis, and even their accommodation is limited.
If instability goes from bad to worse and has begun impacting on
both the economy and security, the first to suffer is the education sys-
tem. Interruptions to educational services make it impossible to raise a

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