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A 16 year-old Malawian girl during her wedding (Photo credit: Per Anders Petterssen/Getty)

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21 February 2017

Malawi passes a landmark bill securing protection of children from early marriage and amending Constitution

Egyptian wedding (Photo credit: Getty)

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20 February 2017

Egypt's top religious authority rejects reform to law allowing men to verbally divorce their wives as unconstitutional

Popular Congress Party (PCP) Political secretary Kamal Omer (photo credit: SUNA)

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20 February 2017

Sudanese opposition groups accuse government of obstructing constitutional reforms on freedoms and security services

New President of Gambia Adama Barrow (photo credit: AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

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10 February 2017

Gambia plans constitution review process; criminal justice and media law priorities

Constitutional Court judges (photo credit: News Day)

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8 February 2017

Zimbabwe CSOs oppose proposed constitution amendment on appointment of highest judges

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7 February 2017

Kenyan court invalidates criminal defamation law as unconstitutional

President Koroma receiving the report (photo credit: The Sierra Leone Telegraph)

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27 January 2017

Sierra Leonean president receives Constitution Review Report; date of referendum uncertain

Constitutional Court judges (photo credit: News Day)

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24 January 2017

Zimbabwean parliament invites comments on proposed constitutional amendment on appointment of Chief Justice

Kenyan Parliament (photo credit: Standard Digital)

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23 January 2017

Kenyan Parliament to consider proposed constitutional amendment entrenching Constituency Development Fund

President Pierre Nkurunziza during the celebration of the 53rd anniversary of the independence of Burundi (photo credit: Government of Burundi)

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20 January 2017

Burundi: Presidential Term Limit and National Union Government Discussed in Arusha

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