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Scars of tradition:The fight to end FGM in Isiolo

Issa Ali, one of the advocates of end FGM in Isiolo receiving a certificate of recognition.[Sharon Wanga, Standard]

Dirham Haji vividly remembers that cool April morning in Isiolo County, as the air carried the damp smell of overnight rain, the sun struggling through heavy clouds as the plains slowly warmed.

Down in Tuluroba, a small girl squatted over smoking aloe vera leaves, her eyes clenched in pain. 

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