South Sudan government has banned the importation and of skin lightening and bleaching products apparently to protect the people of South Sudan from being exposed to harmful chemicals used in manufacturing skin bleaching cosmetics.
South Sudan has followed Ivory Coast,...
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Even moderate alcohol...
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Doctors in Zimbabwe have claimed they have resorted to using condoms when performing examinations due to the shortage of gloves as the ongoing strike by junior General Practitioners enters its third week.
Members of the Zimbabwe Hospital Doctors Association (ZHDA)...
Nigeria will overtake India in 2021 as the country with the most under-five deaths in the world. this is according to the latest bi-annual economic report of the World Bank’s Bretton Woods Institution.The report predicts that just like Nigeria...
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Africa is often marketed to the world as the black nation, where everyone is proud of their race, skin and heritage. But for some black Africans there is such a thing as being too black.Skin lightening is popular in...
Rwandan President Paul Kagame has weighed in on the debate around bleaching tasking relevant state authorities to step in and take necessary measures.
https://twitter.com/PaulKagame/status/1066706402817818624?p=v
He was responding to a citizen’s tweet calling for authorities to put together a campaign against skin...
