"My mother was in the know. When I got home, they gave me Phensic. She rubbed my body, and that was it. There was no conversation..." ...

The procedure, which involves total or partial removal of girls' external genitalia, ignites strong passions in the tiny west ...

In Sudan, citizens trapped in conflict zones have not only been besieged by direct war violence, but also by social and economic complexities and harmful habits that civil society institutions, ...

LONDON - The most powerful force against AIDS in Africa may be circumcision, a procedure that's easily done in the developed world. But it's a challenge on a continent where there are too few medical ...

Belgian Foreign Minister Maxime Prévot.

ARE you not entertained? You will be if you are at a gladiators’ colosseum with no queues and no crowds for just three quid.

More African courts are joining the fight against female genital mutilation, playing a bigger role in efforts to challenge a practice.

Freilich is ‘reaching out his hand to find a solution, and being accused of disloyalty to his own country,’ source tells JI ...

I am Igbo, and in the not-so-distant past, my people killed twins at birth. Multiple births were seen as an abomination, a ...

The segment, hosted by Sheila Fogarty on 17 December 2025, was triggered by a controversial British Medical Journal essay suggesting UK FGM laws stigmatise communities. Fogarty, rightly, called this ...

Good morning Nigeria. Welcome to the Naija News roundup of top newspaper headlines in Nigeria for today, Monday, 16th February, 2026. 1. President Tinubu ...

THERE are mindsets fixated on a notion that whatever superior knowledge proves, they’re not willing to listen and probably ...