In this century, child marriage is not allowed and similarly, children should not give birth to children, the United Nations youth envoy told an African forum on reproductive health and rights on Wednesday (Thursday in Manila).

“There are high levels of adolescent pregnancy virtually everywhere in the continent. Africa has the highest levels of teenage pregnancy in the world. The larger part of them occur within marriage,” said Jayathma Wickramanayake, the UN Secretary General’s Special Envoy on Youth, at the opening ceremony of the eighth Africa Conference on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights held in Johannesburg, South Africa.

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