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'The ultimate beauty' in a pill

While skin bleaching is a long-standing cosmetic staple across Sudan, a newer craze is sweeping the nation.
Khartoum based journalist Yousra Elbagir explains why many young women are turning to prescription pills in order to achieve the curvaceous figures they see as the standard of beauty.

(Photo: Pills on a spoon. Credit: PHILIPPE HUGUEN/AFP/Getty Images)

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