More than 70 percent of Nigerian women admit use of whitening products, more than any other nation. In Nigeria, a growing number of men and women are using skin whitening creams because they believe a fairer complexion will help them succeed in life. According to the World Health Organisation, more than 70 percent of Nigerian […]
A tale of two economies
4 April 2013 by
Experts complain about a devalued currency and inflation, but government supporters say their lot has improved. Caracas, Venezuela – Despite a currency facing further devaluation, soaring inflation, and intense capital flight, Mildred Castellano thinks Venezuela’s economy is doing better than ever. Like millions of working-class voters who have supported the socialist government during the past […]
Nicolas Maduro campaigns in Hugo Chavez’s hometown
4 April 2013 by
Interim leader vows to “fulfil the will and legacy” of the late president as he calls for support in the April 14 vote Nicolas Maduro, the acting president of Venezuela, has officially opened his campaign to succeed Hugo Chavez, vowing to carry on his mentor’s socialist legacy in the late leader’s hometown ahead of the […]
Sudan frees seven political prisoners under amnesty
4 April 2013 by
First seven political detainees walk to freedom day after President Omar al-Bashir announced amnesty. Sudanese authorities have freed the first seven political prisoners under a presidential amnesty, party officials have said.The prisoners were freed on Tuesday a day after President Omar al-Bashir said all political prisoners would be released.The six men and a woman are […]
Côte d’Ivoire begins grim task of exhuming mass graves
4 April 2013 by
Ivorian authorities have begun exhuming dozens of mass graves dating back to the country’s 2011 post-election violence. The exercise started on Thursday as a new report accused Alassane Ouattara, Ivory Coast’s president, of failing to bring his supporters to justice for crimes they allegedly committed during the conflict. Justice Minister Gnenema Coulibaly presided over […]
Not a phone but total integration of your phone
4 April 2013 by
Mark Zuckerberg wasn’t lying: Facebook isn’t building a phone. Instead, it’s building Facebook into your Android phone. Facebook on Thursday unveiled Facebook Home, “a family of apps” designed to integrate Facebook more closely with Android’s operating system. “Today, our phones are designed around apps, not people,” Zuckerberg, Facebook’s founder and CEO, said during the event. […]
Would Martin Luther King Jr. still be fighting for voting rights?
4 April 2013 by
WASHINGTON — Martin Luther King Jr. “would not yet be satisfied” with the progress the nation has made on protecting voting rights, Attorney General Eric Holder said on the 45th anniversary of the civil rights icon’s death, according to prepared remarks. Holder said King would be “proud of the country he helped recreate” and encouraged […]