2 Feb 2021
A woman held captive by the Nigerian terror group Boko Haram since 2014 called her father last week claiming she had been “rescued” from her captors by the Nigerian Army, Reuters reported on Monday.
Halima Ali Maiyanga, 23, phoned her father on January 28 and “told him she had been rescued by the Nigerian army, but [her father] Maiyanga said he did not know her exact whereabouts or if she was alone or with more of her kidnapped former classmates,” the Thomson Reuters Foundation reported on February 1.
A Nigerian army spokesman denied that Halima’s alleged rescue from Boko Haram occurred in a statement to the press on February 1.
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US Toughens Bans on Abhorrent Female Genital Mutilation
President Donald Trump signed a law saying the United States should lead the way in banning FGM.
By Emma Batha
Jan 7 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The United States has toughened its ban on the abhorrent practice of female genital mutilation (FGM) in a move campaigners hope will bolster efforts to end an ancient rite forced on millions of girls worldwide.
The US had already outlawed the widely condemned ritual, which dates back more than 2,000 years, but its first ban hit an unexpected legal roadblock so it moved to tighten the wording this week.
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U.S. toughens ban on abhorrent female genital mutilation Reuters 1/7/2021
By Emma Batha
Jan 7 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The United States has toughened its ban on the abhorrent practice of female genital mutilation in a move campaigners hope will bolster efforts to end an ancient rite forced on millions of girls worldwide.
The United States had already outlawed the widely condemned ritual, which dates back more than 2,000 years, but its first ban hit an unexpected legal roadblock so it moved to tighten the wording this week. This is fantastic news. I m ecstatic, Mariya Taher of the US End FGM/C Network, which advised on the legislation, told the Thomson Reuters Foundation on Thursday.