Child marriage on the rise due to the worsening drought crisis across the Horn of Africa -...
Between January and April 2021 and the same time in 2022, child marriage surged by an average of 119 percent in Ethiopia's three drought-stricken regions: Somali, Oromia, and Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region (SNNP). FGM cases increased by 27% in the SNNP region during the same period.