Anti-FGM caravan embarks on 7,400-mile campaign to end cutting in Africa | Global development

African female genital mutilation survivors will lead thousands of campaigners in a two-year “caravan campaign” across the continent, calling for an end to the practice.

Organised by #FrontlineEndingFGM, a group of grassroots activists and organisations in Africa will cover about 7,400 miles (12,000km) across 20 countries, including Nigeria, Sudan and Cameroon.

Activists, medical professionals and religious leaders from high prevalence areas in these countries will hold a series of events and radio broadcasts tailored to local challenges in eradicating FGM. At the border of each country,…