Despite global efforts to stop the practice of female genital mutilation, the harmful tradition continues to affect the lives and health of millions...

Despite global efforts to stop the practice of female genital mutilation, the harmful tradition continues to affect the lives and health of millions...

In the Sabon Layi layout of  Maiduguri, the Borno state capital in northeastern Nigeria, nightfall once meant navigating dark streets with unreliable...

In a camp for internally displaced people in Mogadishu, a 17-year-old girl who wished to remain anonymous opened up about a painful ordeal she endured...

In a camp for internally displaced people in Mogadishu, a 17-year-old girl who wished to remain anonymous opened up about a painful ordeal she endured...

Emad Kaky is guilty of conspiring to commit female genital mutilation (FGM) - a first in England and Wales.

Collapse of major dam in Borno has caused the state's worst flooding in decades, forcing residents to flee their homes.

Yassin Fatty, a traditional practitioner of female genital cutting in the West African nation of Gambia, became the first to be convicted there. But...

Yassin Fatty, a traditional practitioner of female genital cutting in the West African nation of Gambia, became the first to be convicted there. But...

In Ivory Coast, witch doctors use potions made from the clitoris of girls subjected to female genital mutilation (FGM) for power and influence. The...