The Niger State Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development has pledged stricter action against early and forced marriages, warning that anyone involved in such practices will face prosecution.

HAWKANTAKI, Niger (AP) – Each day before the reaping, the 11-year-old girl walked between the stunted stalks of millet with a sense of mounting dread. In a normal year, the green shoots vaulted out of ...

The president of the African Development Bank (https://www.AfDB.org), Akinwumi Adesina joined continental leaders in Niger for an African Union summit which saw the official launch of the African ...

The commissioner has stated that anyone that withdraws a child for early marriage will have to face the wrath of the law. Hajia Fatima Madugu, Commissioner for Education, gave the warning while ...