African child brides are reportedly being advertised on Facebook, with parents selling their kids via connections made on the social media giant in order to pay off debts -- in some cases bartering ...

There are some fun, sweet and entertaining sides to African traditions, and this Edo traditional wedding perfectly showcased ...

Lucia Felix, a 15-year-old Mozambican girl, dreams of returning to her village school but instead she must prepare for motherhood after she was chosen for an arranged marriage and became pregnant. She ...

Wearing a dress that incorporated both African print and tulle, the bride managed to tie the knot while honoring her Southern African heritage and traditional bridal bliss. Topping her look off with a ...

NAIROBI, Nov 26 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The number of child brides in Africa will more than double by 2050 if current trends persist because of rapid population growth and limited social change ...

BANGUI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Forced at 14 to marry a man 13 years her senior, Sadatou Issa was forbidden to attend school and whiled away her time looking after her children and knitting ...

JOHANNESBURG -- Cindy Lund and her fiance had set the wedding date, booked the hall and ordered the flowers by the time they discovered one problem with their impending nuptials: Cindy already was ...