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  • Sierra Leone enacts bill to outlaw child marriage

    President Julius Maada Bio signed a measure banning child marriage in Sierra Leone, where one-third of Sierra Leonean girls are married before reaching 18 years old. The health ministry says early marriages increase maternal mortality due to the physical dangers of childbearing at such young ages. Under the new rule, a male who marries a…

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