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In Sierra Leone, families are marrying off underage girls due to pandemic


In a remote corner of Sierra Leone, a man caught a glimpse of 16-year-old Marie Kamara as she ran past his house. Soon after, he proposed to her.
My family does not have money so when he told me he wanted me, I said yes , said Kamara.
The financial pressure on her family felt more pressing than her wish to continue her education and become a nurse.
Her family needed the money. Her stepfather runs a tailoring shop in Komao, but the coronavirus pandemic meant there were few customers.
Kamara s suitor was a miner in his mid-20s. His parents could provide rice for Marie s four younger sisters and access to their watering hole - and they could pay cash. ....

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