By:Radio Ergo
For the first time since Somaliland criminalised forced marriage, a 14-year-old girl has successfully been granted a divorce at a court in Sool region
Hawa Isack Adan was engaged to be married when she was just 11 years old to Aftin Abdi Adan, 38, in 2015 following a family negotiation over dowry. Hawa was a standard six pupil at school in Buhodle town, where she had been living with her mother after her parents separated.