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.
BBC
Habari Zinazoendana
10 years ago
BBC
Child bride murder charges dropped
The murder charge against a Nigerian girl who confessed to killing her husband with rat poison has been dropped, prosecutors say.
9 years ago
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
BBC
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
BBC
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
10 years ago
AllAfrica.Com06 Jan
Defence in Halima Mdee Case Wants One Charge Dropped
AllAfrica.com
THE defence side in the trial of nine people, including Chadema Women's Wing (BAWACHA) Chairperson Halima Mdee, has requested the Kisutu Resident Magistrate's Court in Dar es Salaam to drop one of the charges they are facing. Through their ...
10 years ago
BBC
5 years ago
BBC16 May
Coronavirus in Nigeria: The child beggars at the heart of the outbreak
Tens of thousands of Koranic school children were recently sent home, unwittingly helping to spread coronavirus.
11 years ago
BBC
Nigeria records second Ebola case
Nigeria records its second confirmed Ebola case as new UN figures show that 887 people have died of the virus in West Africa since February.
10 years ago
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