Child Bride Auctioned Off on Facebook by Her Father in 'Barbaric Use of Technology': Charities
Photo: LOIC VENANCE/AFP/Getty The auction for the South Sudan teen began on October 25, according to theThomson Reuters Foundation. Five different men were involved with the bidding, but only one wealthy businessman finally won the girl’s father over, offering 500 cows, three luxury cars, and $10,000, the charity reveals. Photos of her in a white wedding dress began to circulate on social media sites, with some reports calling her a “virgin bride” or “the most expensive woman in South Sudan,” the foundation said....