In Tunisia's arid south, camel milk offers hope of economic gain

Deep in Tunisia's desert south, camels stride toward humming milking machines. Their milk is at the heart of a women-led project promising an economic lifeline for disadvantaged communities. Spearheading this effort is 32-year-old Latifa Frifita, who launched Tunisia's first, and so far only, camel milk pasteurisation unit two years ago in Medenine. Containing up to five times more iron than cow's milk, camel milk is non-alergenic and some studies have suggested that it has immune-boosting and anti-inflammatory properties.