A 19-year-old Sudanese girl named Noura Hussein was sentenced to death by hanging on Thursday. Her crime was murdering her husband after he tried to rape her. Hussein's lawyer Ahmed Sebair told The ...

JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — Five hundred cows, two luxury cars, $10,000, two bikes, a boat and a few cell phones made up the final price in a heated bidding war for a child bride in South Sudan that went ...

A Facebook auction held over a child bride in South Sudan has sparked criticism over the social media network's monitoring practices. The girls' family held the auction to seek the largest dowry for ...

NAIROBI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - A 19-year-old girl in Sudan was sentenced to death by a court on Thursday for murdering her husband after he tried to rape her, said campaigners, calling on the ...

Facebook has come under fire after posts discussing the sale of a child bride were made and shared on its site. An auction was discussed on the social media platform for a girl aged 16 or 17 in South ...