Sudan bans female genital mutilation
Sudan’s ruling body ratified a law banning the widespread practice of female genital mutilation, the justice ministry announced Friday, handing ...
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Kadaga challenges government to prioritize FGM fight
The Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga has appealed to Government to consider funding the fight against Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) ...
Kenyan female doctor wants FGM legalised
A female doctor in Kenya wants female genital mutilation to be decriminalized. Tatu Kamau is asking Kenya's courts to allow ...
FGM Engenders Sharp Cultural Divide
F.A. Cole was 11 when her stepmother told her to dress up for a special occasion near her hometown of ...
No Kenyan Schoolgirls Being Screened for FGM After Backlash
No schoolgirls in western Kenya are being forced to undergo examinations for female genital mutilation, Kenyan authorities said Tuesday, after ...
Kenya: Teachers say no to FGM tests on school girls
Teachers in Narok County, Kenya, have rejected a directive by County Commissioner George Natembeya to have all girls in secondary ...
Fear, Prestige Pushing Kenyan Girls Into FGM — and Out of School
It was during her first year of high school in rural western Kenya that Mary Kuket says she was "sacrificed ...
Two Girls Die After Genital Mutilation in Ethiopia
Despite sustained efforts to stop the practice, Somali doctors and rights activists say two sisters bled to death after undergoing ...
Somali Girl Dies After Undergoing FGM
Doctors in central Somalia say a 10-year-old girl has died after undergoing female genital mutilation (FGM). Director of Hanano hospital ...
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UNBS warns against substandard iron bars flooding the market
Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS) has warned Ugandans against selling and using substandard steel bars. UNBS says they have...