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Burkina Faso botched FGM leaves 50 girls in hospital

? traditional surgeon is seen holding razor blades used to carry out female circumcision(Courtesy)

Approximately 50 girls are being treated in Burkina Faso after botched female genital mutilation, a minister says.    

The circumcisions took place in the Kaya area, about 100km (60 miles) north of the capital, Ouagadougou, between 4 and 6 September.

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