Vivvo CMS 4.1 PRI: Public Radio International http://www.pri.org/ ©2010 Spoonlabs d.o.o. PRI: Public Radio International http://www.pri.org/files.php?file=rss_682409203.gif http://www.pri.org/ Liberian tribal leaders agree to limited suspension of female genital mutilation http://www.pri.org/stories/world/africa/liberian-tribal-leaders-agree-to-limited-suspension-of-female-genital-mutilation-9208.html Africa Fri, 30 Mar 2012 11:57:00 -0500 Recent attention and criticism of Liberia's cultural practice of female genital cutting may have had a positive impact. Or, at the very least, something has changed. A group of female traditional leaders announced what amounts to a four-year suspension of the practice -- and the government is trying to make that suspension permanent. PRI: Public Radio International