Naked, covered in white clay mud, and with his penis wrapped in leaves, Abongile Maqegu, 20, sits in a hut in South Africa recovering from his circumcision — a traditional ritual that can prove fatal.

She has endured decades of vilification and professional isolation, but at the age of 72, Doctor Mamisa Chabula-Nxiweni persists in her fight to end the deaths and misery from traditional circumcision ...

South African 17-year-old Sinoyolo was looking forward to becoming a “man” this year. His uncle had made arrangements for him to travel to the mountains overlooking the South African city of Port ...

NEAR MOUNT ELGON, Uganda (AP) — The dancers shook their hips to the beat of drummers who led the way, anticipating the start of mass circumcision among the Bamasaaba people of Uganda’s mountainous ...

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JOHANNESBURG -- In the year since a major South African study indicated that circumcision reduced the rate of HIV infection among men, several African countries hit hard by the disease have moved ...

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - More than 20 South African boys have died over the past week during coming of age rituals, police said on Thursday, and they blamed botched circumcisions as the likely cause ...

Without social pressure, most people give little thought to male circumcision. This simple surgical procedure removes the foreskin, a hood of skin covering the head of the resting (flaccid) penis. But ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. NEAR MOUNT ELGON, Uganda (AP) — The dancers ...