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Tutu's 'battle to end child marriage'

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The Nobel Prize winner Archbishop Desmond Tutu has announced his intention to start an alliance against child marriage, after spending time in Ethiopia where many young girls leave school to get married.

East Africa correspondent Will Ross reports on the practice that can be "shattering" for young girls.


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