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Customs intercepts 40ft container smuggling donkey genitals, foils illicit wildlife trade attempt

Temitope Nlewemchi — Sat, 12 Jul 2025 14:17:39 +0000

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has intercepted a 40-foot container loaded with thousands of dried donkey genitals at the Apapa Port in Lagos, foiling a major attempt to smuggle the banned animal parts out of the country. The container, which was disguised as carrying conventional goods, was discovered during a routine inspection by customs officials, [...]

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Women, Girls At Risk Of Genital Mutilation Has Tripled

David Folami — Sun, 17 Jan 2016 18:55:49 +0000

More than half a million women and girls in the United States live at risk of female genital mutilation, a threefold increase in recent years due to the rise in immigrants from countries where it is practiced, a government study said on Thursday. The number of U.S. women and girls who have undergone the actual [...]

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Gambian Government bans Female Genital Mutilation

AMA — Thu, 26 Nov 2015 11:38:39 +0000

Gambia has become the latest in a string of African nations to ban female genital mutilation (FGM), an ancient tradition of removing external parts of a girl’s vagina that has been widely condemned. The country’s information ministry on Tuesday confirmed the move in a statement that cited President Yahya Jammeh as saying that FGM has [...]

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