Gambia: Gambian circumcisors publicly abandon knives

A sizable number of Gambian female circumcisors publicly abandoned their knives in front of a crowd at the Independence Stadium in Bakau, 12 km from the capital Banjul, swearing that they would no longer use their knives to circumcise or mutilate the genitals of young girls. The move will instil hopes among national and international activists campaigning against the age-old culture of female genital mutilation otherwise known as FGM.