NAIROBI (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, the ...

When Fatimetou was 13-years-old she was forced to marry a much older man. She kept running away, but her family kept sending her back. “I could not look at him,” says the girl from Mauritania, in west ...

Today June 16, 2015 marks the annual International Day of the African Child; an event instigated by the African Union in 1991 to commemorate the 1976 Soweto massacre of hundreds of schoolchildren ...

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 ...

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 ...

Black History Month is only 28 days but Black love is forever—and there are several wedding traditions that honor both your heritage and your future together. It’s the final day of February, and since ...

A new report by UNICEF warns that the number of child brides in Africa could more than double to 310 million in the next 35 years. Though the rates of child marriage are on the decline in most parts ...

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 ...