child marriage and motherhood, violence and poverty – children in Niger are facing challenges no child should. Niger’s children need your help. 1 child in 12 dies before their 5th birthday, 12 times ...

Stereotypes around premarital sex also frequently force girls into early marriage. ALSO READ: 5 most dangerous countries in the world for women Niger has had the highest child marriage rate in the ...

A Nigerian mum has sent an emotional message to her ex-husband. She urged him to consider his children, saying they need him ...

A Nigerian man has called for the abolishment of DNA testing in Igboland. He argued that it is against the Igbo culture. His ...

When I arrived, the court of the ”Kamsaogho Naaba”, Minister of the MOGHO NAABA, chief to the Mossi – the majority ethnic group in central Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso, was already crowded ...

The Imams Forum of Niger have said that the marriage ceremony ... Some 12% of girls are married before their 15th birthday. Child marriages are most common in the northern part of the country ...

She went back on that decision after reaching an agreement with the Speaker of the Niger State Assembly ... “I did not intend to stop the marriage but to ensure the girls are of marriageable ...

Do you know that about 12 million girls experience child marriage every year, and Africa is said to have one of the highest numbers of child marriages? This data is from the United Nations ...