Child bride murder charges dropped
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The murder charge against a Nigerian girl who confessed to killing her husband with rat poison has been dropped, prosecutors say.
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Habari Zinazoendana
10 years ago
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Nigeria child bride case dropped
A court in northern Nigeria drops charges against a 14-year-old girl accused of using rat poison to kill her husband, aged 35.
11 years ago
Daily News12 Mar
Defence wants charges against Lwakatare dropped
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THE defence asked the Kisutu Resident Magistrate's Court in Dar es Salaam to order the prosecution to either drop the criminal charges facing Chadema's Director of Defence and Security, Wilfred Lwakatare or complete investigations into the case. “It is now ...
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South Sudan treason charges dropped
The South Sudanese government withdraws the case against four top politicians accused of treason, the country's justice minister says.
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VIDEO: Kenyatta charges dropped - in 15 secs
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Nigerian child bride 'poisons groom'
A 14-year-old girl in the northern Nigerian city of Kano has confessed to killing the man she was forced to marry, police say.
9 years ago
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VIDEO: Zambian ex-child bride speaks out
Chipasha Iliamupu was married off by her father at 15 years old in a rural village in Zambia
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BBC26 Nov
Africa child bride numbers 'may double'
The number of child brides in Africa will more than double to 310 million by 2050 unless urgent action is taken, the UN's children's fund Unicef warns in a new report.
11 years ago
IPPmedia18 Feb
Lulu denies murder charges
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Elizabeth Michael or popularly known as Lulu walks towards the High Court in Dar es Salaam ahead of denying murder charges yesterday. (Photo: Omar Fungo). Elizabeth Michael popularly known as Lulu who is charged over the death of domestic film star ...
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TheCitizen01 Feb
Uganda charges 18 for murder of Muslim clerics
 A Ugandan Muslim sheikh and 17 others have been charged with killing two fellow clerics, a case police said Friday is linked to Islamist rebels in Democratic Republic of Congo.
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