EDITORIAL: Say no to forced marriage

Girl raped yet forced into marriage
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SHE was walking to school one morning and before reaching her destination, one man hijacked her then took her to his house. This fifteen-year-old girl in Karagwe District, Kagera Region who was in Form Two at Kihanda Secondary School was held captive ...

She had a dream of becoming a teacher when she joined Form One in Mbarali District, Mbeya Region, three years ago.

I am one among nearly 50 children of my father, who has six wives. For none of them was his choice. Men come to my father with rings that act as a booking for a wife, just like they go to any Maasai elder who has or expects daughters.

Bunyinge Chacha 30, a resident of Buriba Village in Sirari Tarime District has been injured after her husband speared her in the right buttock allegedly for refusing to support the decision to marry off their 11 year-old daughter forcefully.

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Ottawa quietly pushing aid partner Tanzania on kids' rights, forced marriage
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OTTAWA -- Grim human rights reports on forced child marriages in Tanzania are making the government take a hard look at Prime Minister Stephen Harper's top African partner in his signature aid initiative. The most recent report by New York-based Human ...

>A salary is the property of the person who earns it. Deducting any portion of it without their  approval is illegal and smacks of theft. Exceptions are appropriate ones like PAYE, social security  funds  and loan repayments.

Chad's former President Hissene Habre is forcibly brought to court for the second day of his trial for crimes against humanity in Senegal.

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Forced child marriages
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Prime Minister Stephen Harper, left, speaks as Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete, right, listens. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette. Grim human rights reports on forced child marriages in Tanzania are making the government take a hard look at ...
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