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Sahel must tackle child marriage for peace, says population expert

Refugee girls in Chad

Dakar, SenegalThomson Reuters Foundation West Africa’s Sahel region must reduce rates of child marriage to end spiralling ethnic and jihadist conflict, the regional head of the United Nations Population Fund said this week. Marrying girls off as teenagers leads to them having more children, and explosive population growth is one of the main reasons Sahel […]