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Yemen child bride, 12, dies giving birth

A 12-year-old Yemeni girl, who was forced into marriage, has died during a difficult delivery in which her baby also died.  

"The child, Fawziya Abdullah Youssef, died on Friday September 11 in western Yemen at the age of 12 due to a complicated delivery," said the Yemeni Organisation for Childhood Protect


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