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South Korea gives Madagascar $6.1m for girls' welfare

Madagascar. FILE | NATION MEDIA GROUP

By  RIVONALA RAZAFISON

Madagascar has received $6.1 million from South Korea to save girls from early pregnancies and marriages.

The support from the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) comes following a Unicef research that revealed depressing data about girls in Madagascar.

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