World in brief: July 15, 2024
GAMBIA: MPs rejected legislation today that would have overturned a ban on female genital cutting. The attempt to become the world’s first country to reverse such a ban had been closely followed by activists abroad.
The vote followed months of heated debate in the largely Muslim nation of fewer than three million people. MPs effectively killed the Bill by rejecting all its clauses and preventing a final vote.
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