A joint program was recently launched in Kenya encouraging people to abandon female genital mutilation.
Powerful quake hits eastern Indonesia, no casualties are reported.
And Cigarettes sold in Singapore to bear new stamp.
Stay tuned.
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A joint program was recently launched in Kenya encouraging people to abandon female genital mutilation, or FGM, a practice that involves partial or total removal of external female genitalia. The program aims to sensitize the community to the dangers of FGM and eventually eliminate the dangerous practice. CRI's Nairobi correspondent Wei Tong has more.
That was our Nairobi correspondent Wei Tong with the story.
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Now let's hear some other news from the developing world.
A powerful shallow earthquake with a magnitude of 7.6 rocked North Maluku province of Indonesia on Thursday morning, but no damage or casualties were reported.
The local meteorology agency issued a tsunami warning which was lifted later in the day.
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From Jan. 1, 2009, all duty-paid cigarettes sold in Singapore will be marked with the letters "SDPC" which stands for Singapore Duty-Paid Cigarettes.
This new requirement is part of Singapore Customs' effort to curb the selling and buying of illegal cigarettes.
Singapore Customs said in a statement this week that once this new ruling kicks off, all unmarked cigarettes sold here would be deemed illegal.
According to the Customs, Singapore is the first country to implement this regulation.
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A record-high of over 76 percent of Bangladeshi grade 12 students passed their high school exit exam this year according to a private news agency UNB report .
The report says it means that more than 466 thousand examinees attending the examinations out of the total over 612 thousand came out successfully and qualified for university enrollment exams.
