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‘My ex-husband bit off my nose, cut off my ear and carved up my face like a cabbage in an attempt to slit my throat’
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Abbie Mumbi2021-11-25T10:29:00
Make this International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women (25 November) count, urges Abbie Mumbi
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