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How Child Labour Persists Along Zanzibar’s Blue Economy

KIWENGWA, Tanzania, March 2 (IPS) – As the tide falls on Zanzibar’s western coast, 13-year-old Asha* moves across the reef, her gown flapping in knee-deep water. She carries a plastic basin and a knife. Since dawn, Asha has been prying octopus and scaling fish for drying and selling.

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