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FGM rates drop for African girls but teens still at risk

Thomson Reuters Foundation Female genital mutilation has dropped drastically among African children this century, research shows, but campaigners said on Wednesday that teenagers and young women remained at risk of the harmful practice. Known as FGM, female genital mutilation is a ritual that usually involves the partial or total removal of the external genitalia, including […]