it's estimated a quarter of chin in malawi are married before their 18th birthday, many forced to have sex as young as six. we spoke to a victim. >> reporter: this girl is 14. this is not her little sister. it's her 2-year-old daughter. the young mother is a victim of a cultural practice that encourages young girls to have sex early in some parts of malawi. it's a rite of passage where girls transit to adulthood after the initiation. >> there was six to seven years they were taken for an incision, where they were inserted. when inserted there, they were coming back, they were told that they were supposed to be cleansed, which means they have to sleep with any adult person. that means that now she has passed the ipp assertion. >> this girl is back in school. she's fallen behind. she should be in secondary school, not primary. she is determined to catch up. >> when i had my baby i was ashamed. i am happy to be back in school. >> changing old customs is not easy. government officials do not have figures. the dropout rate is high. >> sometimes when a girl is pregnant she is expelled from s

. >>> we turn to malawi. one in three children are married before they turn 18. there is a fight to end the practice. >> she is 14 years old. and this is her two-year-old daughter. she is the victim of a cultural practice that encourages young girls to have sex early in some parts of malawi. it's a right of passage. >> there are six to seven years where they were taken for an taken. they were to come back and they were supposed to be cleansed, which means they have to pass the initiation. >> she's fallen behind. she should be in secondary school not primary but she's determined to catch up. >> when i had my baby i was ashamed. i'm happy to be back in school. >> changing old customs is not easy. government officials don't have figures of how many girls are affected but the dropout rate in rural schools is high. sometimes when a girl is pregnant she is immediately expelled from school. teachers and others in school feel she will be a bad influence on school. young mothers feel unwanted and abandoned. not all initiation practices encourage sex. but many believe ther

hara matassa, al jazeera, malawi. >> a crushing defeat for the defending world cup champions. and a royal tradition, spain's long time king steps down from the throne. >> good evening, i'm meteorologist kevin corriveau. over the last six hours, ohio has been pummeled by severe weather. severe thunderstorm watch boxes out, in this region alone we have seen over 100 wind damage reports. that's what we're going to see with winds gusting over 75 miles per hour across the region. also power outages are going to be a major problem here as well. going a little further back towards the west we are very concerned about what's happening across south dakota and north dakota, just in the past two hours we've seen nine tornadoes, eight of those were in south dakota, one in north dakota. bright reds located, that is where tornadoes are imminent or on the ground. you see the yellow areas that is tornado watches where we think tornadoes are going to pop up a little bit later. and unfortunately here in northeast nebraska that is another area and we've seen tornadoes there over the last several

>> the conservation farming unit has opened offices in malawi, uganda, kenya, and tanzania. this revolution in farming is already creating sustainable livelihoods for farmers in africa and is a working model for the world as it begins to adapt to climate change. >> here in the dramatic valleys of the baviaanskloof mountains in the eastern cape of south africa, climate change is a reality. the whole southern african region is warming up and drying out. according to the best scientific data, this trend will become much worse if nothing is done. >> over the last many years, there was a lot of changes which actually could pick up from environmental point of view, so a lot of erosion in the area as well as a drop in the ground water table. we used to plant vegetable seeds, but it's totally dried out now. we can do nothing with this land, and also from a farming point of view, we have less water available for irrigation. >> here, environmental destruction is compounding the effects of global climate change. like a green skin covering bones and muscle, spekboom thicket used to shel

let's go to malawi where community leaders are calling for an end to the decades old tradition of child marriages and under-age sex. a quarter of all girls are married before their 18th birthday and many forced to have sex sex at six. speaking to one victim in tiolo town. >> she is 14 years old and this is not her little sister. it's a 2-year-old daughter. the young mother is a victim of a cultural practice that encourages young girls to have sex early in some parts of malawi. it's a rite of package where girls transition into adulthood. >> girls who are about 6 to 7 years, they were taken for initiation where they were initiated. so when they were initiated there, they were told they were supposed to be cleansed, which means they have to sleep with any adult person. >> means that now, she has passed the initiation. >> she is back in school, but she has fallen behind. she should be in secondary school. not primary but she is determined to catch up. >> when i had my baby, i was ashamed. i am happy to be back in school. >> changing old customs isn't easy. government officials don't know h

al jazerra, malawi. >>> in india violent clashes on the 30th anniversary of a raid on separatists.fought with sword and spears after the leader of one group was prevented from making a speech. 30 years ago a military raid demanded their own state left about a thousand people dead. >>> severe pollution in india's rivers is threatening the health of millions it's a byproduct of their massive growth but also extremely damaging to the economy. in new dea delhi the champion eveningers of cleaning up the water and the benefits that it would bring. >> reporter: the river that flos through new delhi. all kind of waste is thrown in here without getting treated. but it doesn't start out this way. this is the river as it enters the city from the north. it provides people with a livelihood and they also come to enjoy the cool water. he has been documenting it for the past year. he says the river is always clean at this point. >> translator: it's mostly religious doing agriculture that live upstream. they know the value of the river and respect it more than urban people do. >> reporter: that be

out there in the other countries, we have a huge experience in mulally -- malawi.now starting work in uganda. tanzania. planning to list the african part of the business separately and you are listing it on the london stock exchange. what type of investors are going to invest? are they people who want exposure to the african growth story, the urbanization theme, the rise of the middle class? or are they portuguese investors keen on investing in this business? those who are looking for exposure to africa because they believe the growth to africa is now growing a lot. i think it is already the continent of the present. the population is racing. and increasing the middle class, educated middle class. sector,nk the mining , areil and gas sector demanding a lot of infrastructure. it is very important to be there and to build with this huge demand. >> what do you think this business is going to be worth? some analysts are saying it could be worth 1.5 billion euros. what do you think question mark >> let the market decide it. >> you have decided to come to london. while l

in africa, the former president of malawi changed the flag's rising sun to a sun that's fully risen.hey're not developing. it had developed. maybe clear symbols and what doesn't seem clear to the leaders you can change the horse's direction, a sun's position or what clockwise means but your country's successes will still be based on the substance of your policies, not the style of your symbols. the correct answer to the gps challenge question is, "b," pope francis. barack obama's personal account has the most followers at 43 million but according to a recent study, pope francis is retweeted much more frequently. the barack obama tweets retweeted 1,400 times each. the pope's spanish tweets alone retweeted 10,000 times and has an account in latin. thank you for being part of the program this week. i'll see you next week. >>> hello, everyone. i'm fredericka whitfield. shocking revelations from the mother of a toddler who died after being left in a hot car. hear what the georgia mom told police and her decision to stand by her husband even though he's accused of murdering their son. >>>