Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Banjul, The Gambia – On a rainy morning in early August, a newborn girl suffering severe vaginal wounds was rushed to Banjul’s ...

As The Gambia’s Supreme Court prepares to rule on the FGM ban, mothers fear the law could be weakened.

SERREKUNDA, Gambia — On the day her daughter was born, Fatou Saho swore from her hospital bed that she would never subject the girl to female genital cutting, a practice that Fatou and three-quarters ...

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More than a decade after Uganda outlawed Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), stakeholders in the Sebei sub-region say the practice has not been eradicated but has instead gone underground, with ...

Despite concerted efforts by the government to end female genital mutilation (FGM), the practice is still rife among the Kuria of Migori County. Preparations for the rites set for December began as ...

If knives are to be held to a child’s genitals, a thorough discussion better take place first. The dialogue about female “circumcision” — or genital mutilation — has amplified over the past few years.