Africa: Zero tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation conference

African leaders and international organisations begun a three-day conference in the Ethiopian capital to declare, “zero tolerance” of the widespread practice of female genital mutilation. The conference, also to be attended by African first ladies, intends to declare 6 February a “World Day for zero tolerance for female genital mutilation,” said the Inter-African Committee on Traditional Practices, the organiser of the conference.