Burundi orders cohabiting couples to wed amid drive to 'moralise society' 

Cohabiting couples in Burundi have been asked to get married by end of the year or face legal consequences.  

The government's order comes after President Pierre Nkurunziza launched a campaign "to moralise society".

A government spokesman said a crackdown on informal relationships was needed to combat a population explosion. 

He said too many schoolgirls were getting pregnant and men were taking advantage of women by cohabiting with several simultaneously. 

SOURCE: BBC