Ugandan police hold up a poster warning girls not to cross the border to Kenya and undergo female genital mutilation (FGM). FGM has been illegal in Uganda since 2010, but it is still common among some tribes like the Pokots. Female genital mutilation (FGM) has been outlawed in Uganda since 2010, but aid workers and police say it's still being practiced by tribes in the northeast, including the Pokots, Sebei, Tepeth and Kadama.

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