Also in summary: in Kenya, the increase in teenage pregnancies worries the authorities and NGOs. With the containment measures and the closure of schools due to the coronavirus, many young people were left on their own. Thousands of schoolgirls have become pregnant since the start of the health crisis. Many have been abused or forced into prostitution for a living. 

We also take you to Tunisia, to meet a craftsman who revives the extraction of purple. A natural dye, from sea snails, 4000 years old and inherited from the Phoenicians. Today, this pigment is produced only by a few people in the world and sells for between 800 and 3500 €.

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