“Burkina Faso has adopted the bill for the new Personal and Family Code (CPF), changing the minimum legal age for marriage to 18 years old for both girls and boys.

Previously, the minimum age of marriage was 17 years old for girls and 20 years old for boys. However, girls could marry as young as 15 and boys at 18 if authorised by the courts.

This new bill harmonises the legal age of marriage at 18 for both girls and boys. It remains unclear if a judge can still grant exceptions for marriage at the age of 16 in some circumstances.”

From Girls Not Brides.