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Ahead of Nigeria's elections, voters help electoral authorities test out a new system meant to head off vote rigging. Also, we hear from Hamitraoré, an Ivorian activist trying to hasten FGM's end by bringing discussions about its impact into the open. Finally, Tunisians frustrated by a stagnant economy find new…

On February 6, 2003, Stella Obasanjo, the then First Lady of Nigeria and spokesperson for the Campaign Against Female Genital Mutilation, made the official declaration on “Zero Tolerance to FGM” in Africa during a conference organised by the Inter-African Committee on Traditional Practices. Since that day, activists, world leaders and…

A move away from public ceremonies to ‘medicalised’ cutting is one of the greatest threats to eliminating the abusive practice, say campaigners

"This is going to help people be more compassionate and empathise with survivors of gendered violence and FGM"

British women and girls are still being cut abroad and foreigners who are vulnerable are denied asylum by the UK

Across the continent, young Africans are using their unique local knowledge and bargaining power to challenge beliefs about female genital mutilation

As girls are paraded through Kuria’s streets in the school holiday cutting season, hundreds more are hidden by a network of neighbours working to change attitudes on FGM from the ground up

Lorraine had been chatting with Hibo Wardere, a mum-of-seven who was just six when she was subjected to the horror procedure and has dedicated her life to campaigning against FGM.