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Maimouna Jawo launches online campaign from UK after Gambian move to rescind female genital mutilation ban

‘I only realised I didn’t like it recently,’ says actor

The child’s family alleged the circumcision was done as part of a conspiracy as their signature was taken on a document written in English which they could not understand. Read further on Dynamite News:

The Templeton Prize — one of the world's largest annual individual awards — is being awarded this year to a nurse-midwife who for decades has strived to improve women’s health care in East Africa

When my doctor said the operation could help a medical condition, it led me to wonder about the history of this ancient procedure

Agus Ahmadi, now 38, fled from home when he was just 12 years old because he was petrified of being circumcised. The heartbreaking reunion was organised by a YouTube filmmaker

Campaigners demand that boys get the same legal protection that is given to girls

Prince Harry's new memoir Spare will officially drop on January 10 but a leaked copy has revealed, as expected, many bombshells.

Music, dance, drama and poetry are important elements of ritual in African societies. Imbalu, the centuries-old circumcision ritual of Uganda’s Bagisu people, is no different. When Bagisu boys between the ages of 16 and 22 undergo this initiation into manhood, they learn the ancient meaning of the practice through music…

Sridhar Gangadhar of Mandya district says he developed complications after circumcision was performed by a quack

Laws on genital mutilation, gender affirmation and cosmetic genital surgery are at odds, even though they have many similarities.