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There is no hard evidence that circumcision protects gay men from contracting HIV, research shows.

Politicians from Kenya's Luo community admit to being circumcised - taking on cultural taboos in the fight against HIV, writes the BBC's Muliro Telewa.

A Kenyan traditional circumciser tells the BBC how his ancient practice will continue for years to come despite fears of health hazards.

A Kenyan boy is being treated in hospital after losing part of his penis in a circumcision ritual.

Police arrest a Danish couple of Sudanese origin suspected of taking two of their daughters to Sudan to be circumcised.

Rwanda launches a male circumcision campaign, to reduce the risk of HIV, starting with the armed forces.

Circumcision does not reduce sexual satisfaction and there should be no doubts about using it to combat HIV, a study says.

BBC Zambia reporter Kennedy Gondwe describes getting circumcised as part of his own battle against HIV/Aids.

The death of an eight-day-old boy who suffered a cardiac arrest shortly after being circumcised is investigated.

The decision to send uncircumcised boys away from a school in eastern Kenya divides the town of Meru.

A Kenyan secondary school sends home 20 boys because they were not circumcised, in case they are bullied.

Growing numbers of Ugandan men are being circumcised, after medical research showed it can cut HIV infection rates.

Should routine male circumcision be introduced to stop the spread of HIV?

A South African teenager dies of malnutrition during initiation rituals - the ninth such death this year.

A Swedish court jails a Somali man for four years for forcing his daughter to be circumcised.

Kenyan villagers are shocked by the death of girl who bled to death after circumcising herself.

Circumcision reduces the rate of HIV infections among heterosexual men by around 60%, a study suggests.

A loophole allowing girls to be taken abroad for circumcision is now closed. So why have there been no prosecutions?

One woman who has been circumcised tells her story.

Circumcised men may be six times less likely to contract HIV than uncircumcised men, research suggests.

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