UN sounds alarm bell over spread of female genital mutilation (AFP)

A woman displays the knife used for female circumcisions. UNICEF warned that female genital mutilation affects a previously unsuspected number of girls and women and is an increasingly globalised problem.(AFP/File/Kambou Sia)

AFP - Female genital mutilation and cutting (FGM/C) affects a previously unsuspected number of girls and women and is an increasingly globalised problem, UNICEF has warned in new a report.

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