The sovereign council, comprising military and civilian figures, has approved a series of laws including criminalisation of the age-old practice known as FGM or genital cutting that"undermines the dignity of women", the ministry said in a statement.
"The mutilation of a woman's genital organs is now considered a crime," the justice ministry said, punishable by up to three years in prison. Long decried as barbaric, nearly nine out of 10 girls in Sudan fall victim to FGM, according to the United Nations. Rights groups have for years decried as barbaric the practice, which can lead to myriad physical, psychological and sexual complications and, in the most tragic cases, death.
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