New African state brides, painful confessions (Photo)

When my parents wanted me to get married, I told you no. But they told me marriage will be with or without your will. I asked for help from my brother, but he just said you shouldn't be bored. And that's how marriage happened,” reports the 15-year-old Hamsatou moment.

Hamsatou lives in Gamcalley, disk of Niamei, the capital city of Nigeria. Here when parents make a decision, their daughters must obey, reports “Al Jazeera”, Periscope broadcasts.

Hamsatou lived in a mud brick house with her parents and six brothers and sisters before she got married. Her father, Sydou Mahaman, said she made that decision because she had no choice.

The children who don't obey their parents, they're cursed,” says Leila Hamsatous's mother.

Many parents try to justify differently the marriage of their young children. Premarital ties are taboo in this community, and pre-marriage pregnancies bring the entire family a headache.

Extreme poverty is another major factor that affects new marriages in Niger. Almost half the population lives on less than $2 a day.

There is an extreme increase in a youth population. 69% of the Nigers are under the age of 24. On average, each woman gives birth to 7-8 children./Periscopi/