Next,aneditorialreflectingtheviewsoftheU.S.Government.TheGovernmentofSudanhastakenthefirststepstobanthepracticeoffemalegenitalmutilationorcutting(FGM/C)inallpartsofthecountry.Inacountrywhere,accordingtotheUnitedNations,nineoutoftenwomenages15to49havebeensubjectedtoFGM/C,anyonewhoperformstheprocedurewillfaceapossiblethree-yearprisontermandafineunderthenewlaw.SecretaryofStateMikePompeocalledSudansmoveahumanrightsvictory:"Itsabigstep,abrightstepclosertoafutureinwhichallwomenandgirlsworldwidewonthavetosufferthisbarbaricpractice."Sudanscivilian-ledtransitionalgovernmentannounceditsintentiontocriminalizeFGM/CinApril.ThetransitionalgovernmentwasestablishedlastsummerfollowingapopularuprisingandtheousterandarrestofSudanslong-timedictatorOmaral-Bashir.InthemonthssincethetransitionalgovernmenttookpowerundertheleadershipofPrimeMinisterAbdallaHamdok,severalpromisingdevelopmentshavetakenplace.Amongthemaretheappointmentofwomentokeyleadershippositions;a

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