Anti-FGM campaigner Neneh Rugiatu Turay has publicly accused Chief Minister David Moinina Sengeh of failing to act on information relating to an alleged case involving schoolgirls taken for initiation...
The First Lady of Sierra Leone, Fatima Maada Bio, has urged calm as investigations begin into an alleged case of forced female genital mutilation (FGM). The comments follow explosive allegations made...
First Lady Fatima Bio has released a video message on Facebook addressing allegations surrounding her involvement with the Bondo society and claims of forced female genital mutilation, locally referred...
Police have arrested eight people in connection with the alleged demolition of a sacred Bondo bush site in Gbangbatoke, southern Sierra Leone. The incident, which occurred earlier this week, is being...
A woman was allegedly tortured by her fellow women in a secret society Bush (Bondo Bush) in Kangama Town, Gorama Chiefdom in Kono. A photo circulating on social media shows the woman with scars all over...
The Forum Against Harmful Practices (FAHP) and Praise Foundation have launched the Alternative Rite of Passage (ARP) in Kayama Chiefdom. In a landmark event aimed at combating Female Genital Mutilation...
A disturbing incident in Taninahun Malen, Pujehun District has ignited fury after a 21-year-old woman endured a harrowing experience during a traditional initiation ceremony in the Bondo Bush. Her life...
The Deputy Minister of Social Welfare, Mohamed Haji Kellah has disclosed that, President Julius Maada Bio has instructed the Internal Affairs Minister to arrest all those involved in the deaths of five...
Sixty Sierra Leonean women have successfully passed into womanhood through the Bondo society without genital mutilation at the Rosenbgeh village, Koya chiefdom, Port Loko district. The said initiates...
Over 50 women have successfully went through in what was termed as ‘a bloodless Bondo Bush’. The initiates are reported to be between the ages 19 and 33 went to the bush without being victims of female...
