‘Manhood’ Initiation Ceremony Kills 23 South African Teenagers
A traditional initiation rite in South Africa’s Eastern Cape province has left 23 Xhosa teenagers dead. Provincial premier Oscar Mabuyane has called for those responsible to be charged with murder. The dead succumbed to dehydration or sepsis from circumcision at the start of the ceremony, which lasts between two and six months. Almost a thousand […]
Kenyan Woman Jailed For Six Years For Circumcising Twin Daughters
The mother said she wanted her daughters to undergo female genital mutilation to avoid a curse from her deceased grandfather A woman in central Kenya was jailed for six years for forcing her 13-year-old twin daughters to undergo female genital mutilation (FGM) in a rare conviction in the east African nation, a charity which helped […]
Girls Worried As ‘FGM Season’ Sets In
Eighteen year-old Mariam Chacha is a very worried young girl, now that the season for female genital mutilation (FGM) has just begun. In Tarime District, Mara Region, FGM is still a thorny issue, though the government has outlawed the practice and awareness campaigns have been conducted extensively. To make it worse, FGM is a camouflaged […]
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