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Gambia's Landmark FGM Case, Baby's Death Ignites A National Reckoning – The Standard Newspaper

In a small village in The Gambia’s Central River Region, the cries of a newborn were silenced, not by malaria or any of the child killer diseases, often blamed for high infant mortality.On August 10, 2025, the beautiful one-month-old baby girl was silenced by the sharp razor of elderly women, while being held by her own grandmother. Within hours, she was bleeding heavily; and by the next day, she was gone, sparking what is now trending as Gambia…
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The Standard Gambia broke the news in Gambia on Thursday, August 21, 2025.
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