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The government of Sudan has criminalized carrying out female genital mutilation (FGM). Carrying out the procedure in the country is now punishable by three years in jail.
The Sudanese government approved an amendment to its criminal legislation on April 22. The amendment states that anyone who performs the procedure, be it in a medical establishment or elsewhere, faces three years imprisonment, or a fine.
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