Stop banning pregnant girls from attending school, AI tells S Leone

A rights group has called for the immediate lifting of a "deeply discriminatory ban on visibly pregnant girls attending school and taking exams" in Sierra Leone.

In a statement, Amnesty International said that the ban had continued to"entrench gender inequality in the country and puts thousands of teenage girls' futures at risk".

Alioune Tine, Amnesty International’s regional director for west and central Africa, described the ban as being "misguided", saying that it would not be able to solve the west African country's teenage pregnancy debacle.