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Abdoulie KORKAH BAH

'Everything was removed': Gambians share pain with FGM ban in balance

'Everything was removed': Gambians share pain with FGM ban in balance

Fatou Sanyang still experiences extreme pain she says feels like "hot water is being poured on me" decades after undergoing female genital mutilation (FGM) as a girl in The Gambia. The procedure, which involves total or partial removal of girls' external genitalia, ignites strong passions in the
Abdoulie KORKAH BAH, Becca MILFELD in Dakar AFP 19 Feb 2026

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