somalia: Female Circumcision Rush for Somali Refugees

Somali refugees preparing to move to the United States are rushing to circumcise their daughters after learning the practice is illegal in their future home. An unusually large number of girls have been circumcised in recent weeks in the Kenyan refugee camps housing the nearly 12 000 Somalis from the Bantu ethnic group due to be resettled to the US early next year, humanitarian workers confirmed.