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Kano child bride ‘admits’ murdering her 35-year-old husband using rat poison

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A Nigerian child bride has ‘admitted’ murdering her 35-year-old husband with rat poison by signing a confession she could not read – with her thumbprint. Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty for 14-year-old Wasila Tasi’u, whose farmer husband Umar Sani was found dead just days after marrying her in April. If she is found guilty,

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Every day, 39,000 child brides emerge – Report

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Despite evidence that more governments are paying greater attention to youth through public policy initiatives, a new global report launched last week by the United Nations Population Fund, UNFPA has shown that young people as a whole still confront many obstacles that keep them from safely moving into adulthood and entering the workforce. “Sexual and

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