Gambia`s President Yahya Jammeh bans child

Gambia`s President Yahya Jammeh bans child marriage

20:33 08 July 2016 Read: 1668

Gambia`s President Yahya Jammeh bans child marriage

Gambia`s President Yahya Jammeh has told lawmakers to introduce legislation to ban child marriage.

Mr Jammeh said anyone marrying a girl aged below 18 would be jailed for up to 20 years.

Speaking at the Eid-ul-Fitr celebrations at the end of Ramadan, he said parents and imams who perform the ceremonies would also face prison.

Some 46% of girls in The Gambia get married before they are 18, according to the UN children`s agency.

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