African nations have proposed an amendment to the Minamata Convention, which bans sale of mercury-added cosmetics, including skin-lightening products. Currently, the treaty requires that every party should not allow manufacture, import or export of mercury-added cosmetics with content...
The unique Pamiri culture is under threat as a brutal state crackdown targets religious leaders and practices It’s a year since Muzaffar Davlatmirov, a respected religious leader in the Gorno-Badakhshan region in Tajikistan, witnessed Tajik state forces brutalise his community as part of...
It’s quite unfortunate that education, which is generally believed as capable of enhancing human progress, has been given another definition in Nigeria as a road leading to poverty. Frankly speaking, the easiest road to poverty in Nigeria has continued to be the desire of many Nigerians...
Canadian superstar Drake has shared the ancestry of his father, Dennis Graham. Grammy award-winning Canadian rapper, Aubrey Graham—better known as Drake—has seemingly embraced his Nigerian roots after revealing the surprising results of his father’s DNA ancestry test. The Toronto...
Armed clashes still raged in the Sudanese capital of Khartoum on Monday as negotiations between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have so far yielded no major progress. The situation in Sudan is stable in all states except for the capital...
