A woman gestures during a discussion on FGM at an after-school programme. Data from UNFPA confirms long-held fears that Somalia is the poorest country in the Horn of Africa when it comes to containing FGM. PHOTO | FILE
Somalia’s may have last week struggled with its old political problems after President Mohamed Farmaajo bitterly differed with his Prime Minister Hussein Roble. But the country faces another continual problem: female genital mutilation (FGM).
Data from the UN Population Fund (UNFPA) confirms long-held fears that Somalia is the poorest country in the Horn of Africa when it comes to containing FGM. The problem may be a direct result of Somalia’s three decades of conflict and insecurity which made large chunks of the country difficult to govern.
