Outrage After Missing Eight-Year-Old Girl Found Married to Adult Man

Children's weddings are still widespread in many parts of Africa. Now the case of an eight-year-old in Somalia triggers a nationwide outcry and hope for social change

Outrage After Missing Eight-Year-Old Girl Found Married to Adult Man

Public outrage has erupted across the African country of Somalia after an eight-year-old girl, who had been missing for six months, was discovered living with a man who claimed to be her husband.The case has reignited urgent discussions about child marriage and the country’s lack of legal protections for minors, the BBC reported.The girl, who disappeared last September from her home in the semi-autonomous Puntland region, was found in the Carmo …