Girls still auctioned off into marriage in exchange for cows in South Sudan: UN

Nyanachiek Madit, 21, who successfully refused when her father told her at age 17 that she would be married off to a man about 50 years old (AP)

Some young girls are still being auctioned off into marriage in exchange for cows in South Sudan, the UN has said.

The issue is one of the social challenges that activists had hoped to highlight during Pope Francis’ now-postponed visit to the country.