MONROVIA, April 12 -- As calls mount against female genital mutilation, a renowned Liberian health practitioner, Obediah G. Weahweah, has joined the bandwagon in condemning the unwholesome and willful practice in Liberia.

Weahweah said the act melted against teenage girls in rural Liberia by traditional people is a gross violation of their human rights.

Weahweah lamented how the practice is on the increase in Rivercess County, where he is currently assigned as a health worker.

He further explained that the practice has denied many teenage school-going girls the opportunity to continue their primary and secondary education in most parts of the country, particularly in rural communities.

"Female genital mutilation has a greater negative...