Several hundred people in Somalia have attended the wedding ceremony of a man who claims to be 112 years old, and his wife who is only 17 years old.
Ahmed Muhamed Dore - who has already fathered 18 children by five previous wives - said he would like to raise more with his new teenage wife, Safia Abdulleh.
"Today God helped me realise my dream," Mr Dore said, after the wedding in the Galguduud region. The bride's family said she was "happy with her new husband".
Mr Dore has led an interesting life which includes serving as a soldier in the British colonial forces from 1941 and working as a police officer after Somalia’s independence in 1961. His birth certificate was written on goat skin, in traditional Somali style, by his father. Mr Dore’s family currently contains 114 children and grandchildren, including an 80 year old son.
Mr Dore said he and his bride - who is young enough to be his great-great-grand-daughter - were from the same village in Somalia and that he had waited for her to grow up before deciding to propose.
"I didn't force her, but used my experience to convince her of my love; and then we agreed to marry," the groom said.
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