windy by the way, but we are in a toilet in luna zambia some too i was drive away from the capital lusaka zambia by the way is one of 12 countries recording the most high prevalent cases in char marriages, some 29 percent rate a card for children been married off for various reasons, especially in rural areas, like where we are in right now. and i'm going to start off with susan walks with an n g o. and of course they are also very involved in sensitize in groceries. communities. talk to us about the situation of child marriage in zambia right now. what we have found on the ground that is the major cause. number one is the poverty levels. the poverty levels are so high that people just simply cannot afford to provide for the children. so once a girl child reaches puberty, they feel the best way is to get her married. really. and of course we have, madame bridget, who is the director of our children development at the ministry. and so if you're just going to give us a brief overview of what the actual situation is in terms of numbers as well, and why child marriage, eyes mostly predominant in ter

during a speech in the zambian capital lusaka last week, ms yellen called on china to agree to renegotiating zambia'sca — globally china provided 60% of debt relief. deborah brautigam is the director of the china africa research initiative atjohns hopkins university. how worried should those countries are be, do you think?— are be, do you think? there is a big distinction among _ are be, do you think? there is a big distinction among the _ are be, do you think? there is a big distinction among the various - distinction among the various countries in africa. we have eight, nine, ten countries, that are highrying of debt distress or are already in that and we can sina this 2 case of zambia. zambia, chad, ethiopia, ghana, all of these countries have applied for help from a new framework that has been set up and others are at risk as well but i think the question that we really ought to be asking is, aside from china, who are the other creditors that should be coming to the table? and i think it'sing here in washington, i am looking at the multilateral institutions which have not provided any debt relief