Atlanta, GA -- The defense attorneys for a Gwinnett County man accused of performing a female circumcision on his daughter presented the jury with testimony that the child may have had a false memory ...

A medical doctor yesterday put a spirited fight to convince High Court judges that they should lift laws banning female circumcision. Tatu Kamau (above) told Justices Lydiah Achode, Margaret Muigai ...

Male circumcision, the focus of my previous post (Rites of Circumcision, posted October 10, 2018), although not universal, occurs widely. Female genital mutilation (FGM)— also called genital cutting ...

KILGORIS, Kenya (Reuters) - The U.S. ambassador to Kenya attacked the practice of female circumcision on Saturday, saying local communities must denounce it. Sign up here. Female genital mutilation ...

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A culture consultant, Mrs Oluwanisola Babatunde, on Tuesday advised Africans to stop the ancient habit of female circumcision and giving tribal marks on children. The symposium had the theme: “Black ...

Rights activists in The Gambia are calling for justice after a one-month-old baby's death was linked to female genital mutilation, a widely practiced but illegal procedure up for review before the ...

Anthony Losquadro makes for a gallant chauffeur, though the vehicle he’s driving is a 30-foot-long, 9,000-pound repurposed van tricked out with a sound system, special lighting, and LED text signs. We ...