Infertility and surrogacy in Africa: A legal gray area? | DW News

One in six people around the world struggles with infertility, a condition that prevents a couple from having children. According to the World Health Organization, infertility does not discriminate between high, middle, or low-income countries.
In fact, in Nigeria, Africa's most populous country, some experts suggest one in four people are unable to have children. So some opt for surrogacy, where another person carries the pregnancy for them.
A decade ago this was very rare, but as DW’s Amaka Okoye reports, it’s now become so common that surrogacy agencies are emerging, although there are still no adequate laws guiding the procedure.
The option of fertility treatment is also complicated and expensive in Africa and beyond, adding to the distress and stigma that the affected people already face.

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