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Lagos’ Prostate Clinic has successfully carried out West Africa’s first robotic gynaecological surgery, removing ovarian tumours from a 30-year-old woman ...

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Gambia's Supreme Court is considering whether a law protecting women and girls from female genital mutilation (FGM) is constitutional. The practice, common in Gambia, often involves forcibly ...

African traditional and cultural leaders on Monday pledged to intensify efforts to prevent gender-based violence (GBV) at a high-level continental conference in Lagos.

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The procedure, marked the clinic’s expansion of robotic surgery from male-focused treatments to women’s health interventions.