WRAPPED in his white initiation blanket with a red stripe dyed into it by his mother, Xolani set off into the mountains with ...

A tribal “initiation ceremony” where teenage males in South Africa undergo agonizing circumcision has ended with 39 deaths and dozens more boys mutilated. Despite a target being set by the government ...

A tribal circumcision practice in South Africa has claimed 43 teenage lives this year, highlighting ongoing issues with ...

A tribal "initiation ceremony" that featured a mass circumcision left 39 teenage boys dead after it was botched. The 2025 initiation ceremony in South Africa ended with nearly 40 deaths and dozens ...

WARNING - DISTRESSING CONTENT: More than 43 teenage boys were killed during the winter tribal initiation ceremony in South ...

The ulwaluko is a circumcision ritual practised by South Africa's ethnic Xhosa tribe between May and July each year. The Xhosa, whose name is pronounced with a click of the palate, have a tradition ...

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 ...