Afghan girls sent home as Taliban closes schools

Also on the show, we look back at the trailblazing life of Madeleine Albright, America's first female secretary of state. She passed away earlier this week aged 84.

Plus, our Brazil correspondents meet a football coach who's trying to reduce teen pregnancy, and South Africa's "Black Mermaid" takes FRANCE 24 under  the sea in her mission to make the oceans a safer and more inclusive place.

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