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Nigerian State Playing Matchmaker for Thousands

Seeks to remedy apparently soaring divorce rate

By Matt Cantor,  Newser Staff

Posted May 6, 2012 7:37 AM CDT

(Newser) – Nigeria's Kano state is worried: The number of divorces appears to be skyrocketing. And a divorced woman there faces a raft of problems—she may be shunned, in some cases forced to beg or prostitute herself to support her family. So the state government...   Read full story »

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