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Laura DI BIASIO

Gambian MPs debate bill reversing ban on FGM

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In tonight's edition: Gambian MPs debate a bill to end a ban on FGM. If reversed, The Gambia would become the first country ever to do so. Also, a Congolese court sentences a top journalist to six months in prison. Stanis Bujakera was arrested last year after an article suggesting that the army had killed an opposition politician.  And we see how young Congolese slam poets are using the French spoken word as a tool of advocacy and self-expression.

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