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Somali Girls' Deaths Spur More Calls to End FGM

A spate of deaths of young girls from female genital mutilation (FGM) has renewed calls for Somalia to outlaw the tradition. Four girls, ages 10 and 11, from central and northern Somalia have died in the last three months after having been cut, and seven others are in hospitals, activists said. "More and more cases of girls who have died or end up seriously injured after FGM are coming out," said Hawa Aden Mohamed, director of the Galkayo Education Center for Peace and...

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