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 ...

Edna Kambura was only seven years old when she had “the cut” – female genital mutilation – in her village in central Kenya. “It still hurts to think about it,” said the 16-year-old, carrying a toddler ...

Thirteen-year-old Salamatu Jalloh had her whole future to look forward to. But in January 2023, her lifeless body was found wrapped in a pink and blue shroud on an earthen floor in a village in ...

In the dry, rugged landscape of northern Kenya, under a wide sky streaked with late afternoon sun, a group of young men gather in a circle. They wear red and ochre shukas, the traditional dress of the ...

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