Skin-Whitening Cream Banned: Ivory Coast
Ivory Coast has banned skin-whitening creams because of health concerns, the health ministry says. It says “cosmetic lightening and hygiene creams… that de-pigment the skin… are now forbidden”. Whitening creams have been popular for years among young women – and some men – across Africa, who believe they make them more beautiful. But medical experts […]
The 10 Most Powerful Men In Africa 2015
While 2014 was a extremely challenging year for the continent with some unprecedented lows; the seemingly unrelenting Ebola outbreak in the Western African countries of Liberia, Guinea, and Sierra Leone; the horrific Hoko Haram kidnapping of nearly 300 school girls in the middle of the night in Nigeria; growing political unrest and strife in South […]
