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Sky FM is an independent radio station based in
Monrovia Monrovia () is the capital city of the West African country of Liberia. Founded in 1822, it is located on Cape Mesurado on the Atlantic coast and as of the 2008 census had 1,010,970 residents, home to 29% of Liberia’s total population. As th ...
, Liberia, broadcasting on FM 107. Its director is T.max Jlateh, who also hosts a morning talk and news program, ''50-50''. In 2012, after '' FrontPage Africa'' reporter Mae Azango was threatened with violence for her reporting on
female genital mutilation Female genital mutilation (FGM), also known as female genital cutting, female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) and female circumcision, is the ritual cutting or removal of some or all of the external female genitalia. The practice is found ...
by the secret
Sande society Sande, also known as zadεgi, bundu, bundo and bondo, is a women's initiation society in Liberia, Sierra Leone, Guinea and the Ivory Coast. The Sande society initiates girls into adulthood by rituals including female genital mutilation. It is sai ...
, Sky FM's Tetee Gebro broadcast a version of Azango's story in a show of solidarity.


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