Traditionally Somali brides wear different outfits over the wedding celebrations A Somali town has banned lavish weddings to encourage young people to marry and stop them migrating. Receptions in ...

Compared to Methuselah, he probably seemed a good catch. Hundreds of people have attended the wedding of Ahmed Muhamed Dore, who says he is 112, and his bride, aged 17. At the ceremony in central ...

Inside Mogadishu's Rajo camp, cheers can be heard from the family and friends of Mohamed Noor and Huda Omar, a Somali couple, who have just married. Somali couple Mohamed Noor (L) and Huda Omar pose ...

A Somali town has banned lavish weddings to encourage young people to marry and stop them migrating. Receptions in hotels would no longer be allowed and only three goats could be slaughtered to feed ...

Receptions in hotels would no longer be allowed and only three goats could be slaughtered to feed guests, Beled Hawa's commissioner told the BBC. Spending limits of $600 (£500) on furnishings for a ...