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The top headline on tonights 9 OClock News from the BBC was that Niger has one of the highest rates of child marriage in the world, and is struggling to stop the practice. Niger considers children of 15 to be available for marriage. It is no coincidence that the population of Niger has increased from 3.3 million in 1960 to 17.2 million in 2013 (doubling in the last 20 years) and that the UN forecasts that the total population of Africa will double from 1.2bn (1200 million) to 2.4bn in the next 40 years: no doubt leading to destruction of existing wildlife habitats, extinction of species, water and food stress for the human population & conflict over resources bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-27619295
Posted on: Thu, 29 May 2014 21:33:34 +0000

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