Tag: teenage
Mother of teenage bride in South Sudan comes out of hiding to be with pregnant daughter
Athiak Dau Riak was traditionally married for a record bride price last year, despite her mother’s insistence that she was only 14, which led to threats of reprisals The mother of an alleged child bride has left a safe house in South Sudan to travel to be with her daughter after discovering the teenager is…
Bulgarian police ‘blocked rescue’ of teenage migrants who froze to death
Report by rights groups alleges border police refused to rescue boys and blocked activists’ efforts to save them Bulgarian authorities have been accused of ignoring emergency calls and obstructing efforts to rescue three Egyptian teenage boys, who later died in sub-zero temperatures near the Bulgarian-Turkish border in late December. A dossier of evidence compiled by…
Protesters march in London for release of teenage boy in Dubai jail
Marcus Fakana from north London was convicted of having sex with British girl, now 18, when they were on holiday Protesters have marched through central London calling for the release of a teenager in prison in Dubai for having sex with a 17-year-old British girl. Marcus Fakana, from Tottenham in north London, was jailed last…
Teenage kicks – what makes history-making Littler so good?
Luke Littler is the youngest darts world champion, taking the record from Michael van Gerwen, who was 24 when he won in 2014 “Every 17 years a star is born.” That was the praise lavished on Luke Littler by his beaten rival Michael van Gerwen after the 17-year-old became darts’ youngest world champion. Littler crushed…