You are a 16-year-old girl, going about your business, walking along the streets near your family home. All of a sudden a van pulls up and a group of men accost you. Laughing and yelling, they drag ...

Bride kidnapping remains a common practice in a handful of countries. And when young women are kidnapped into marriage, their babies pay a price, suggests new research. The researchers looked at the ...

Despite public awareness campaigns and strict laws against the spread of misinformation, fake videos continue to circulate on social media. The latest involves a short clip claiming a landlord’s son ...

Bride kidnapping, also known as marriage by abduction or marriage by capture, involves a man abducting the woman he wishes to marry. The woman is often taken unexpectedly and sometimes forced into ...

A protest against bride kidnapping in Kyrgyzstan's capital, Bishkek, on April 8, 2021, after a young woman abducted for marriage was found dead. Vyacheslav Oseledko/AFP via Getty Images There are many ...

Apprehension enveloped Bokkos Local Government Area of Plateau State yesterday as a bride-to-be, Farmat Paul was kidnapped some hours before her wedding. The Nation learnt that the bride-to-be and the ...

In rural Kyrgyzstan, an estimated 1 in 3 marriages begin with an abduction, researchers and rights groups say. Unaware of abductors waiting for them outside their workplace or home, women are forcibly ...

DURHAM, N.C. -- Bride kidnapping remains a common practice in a handful of countries. And when young women are kidnapped into marriage, their babies pay a price, suggests new research from Duke ...