Somalia Announces First Prosecution for Female Genital Mutilation

The attorney general will be sending a team of investigators to find out more about the death of the girl, Deeqa, who suffered severe bleeding after her mother took her to a traditional cutter, writes Emma Bath for Thomson Reuters Foundation.

Graffiti opposing female genital mutilation or cutting.

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