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November 17, 2011

LESOTHO: Boys quit school to become men - IRINnews.org

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LESOTHO: Boys quit school to become men
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MASERU, 17 November 2011 (IRIN) - A lack of legislation stipulating a minimum age at which boys in Lesotho can attend an initiation school and be circumcised has seen boys as young as 12 dropping out of school and heading for the mountains. ...
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