The chief of Igbo community in Ghana, Dr. Eze Chukwudi Ihenetu, has made a clarion call to African parents and leaders to ...

The North East region has the greatest rate of child marriage among all regions, with one in every 10 youngsters aged 12 to 17 years engaging in a marital union. In Ghana, a National Strategic ...

The three girls are representative of the over two million girls whose education is abruptly ended when they are married off due to religious, cultural, and misplaced fears that communities in Ghana ...

The King of the Igbo community in Ghana, Dr . Eze Chukwudi Ihenetu, has issued a passionate call for African leaders and ...

The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has expressed worry about the increasing cases of child marriage and teenage pregnancy in Ghana since 2014. The UNFPA has therefore called for more ...

The legal minimum age to get married in Ghana is 18. The prevalence of child marriage has declined in recent years, but it continues to happen. BBC Africa Live: Updates from the continent Police ...

"The perceived acceptance of child marriages and the open brazen approval ... like paedophilia," the Paediatric Association of Ghana has said in a statement. According to the UN 's children's ...