US EditionSouth Africa: at Least 25 Young Men Die After Ritual Circumcision
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In South Africa's Eastern Cape, at least 25 young men died during the traditional circumcision period. Many deaths are due to unregulated initiation camps and lack of medical care.
Two dozen young men seem to have died in initiation practices in South Africa. Part of the process is circumcision of the puberty boys, but there is often a lack of medical care.
It was about a cultural practice in which puberting boys were circumcised and prepared for their role as adults.
In the South African province of Eastern Cape, at least 25 young men died during this year's traditional initiation period. This was reported by the Department of Cooperative Governance of the province of the dpa on Friday on request. It is a cultural practice in which puberting boys are circumcised and prepared for their role as adults. According to the authorities, most deaths occurred in non-regulated institutions.
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