Rwanda made the sale of skin whitening products a crime, but underground market persists

In 2018, the Rwandan government began enforcing a nationwide ban on cosmetics and hair dyes containing harmful chemicals like hydroquinone (above certain levels) or mercury, making it illegal to produce…

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Former Super Bowl champion Osi Umenyiora is creating a new path for African talent to make it to the NFL | CNN

Lagos, Nigeria CNN  —  Osi Umenyiora believes American football and African athletes are the perfect combination. Though he didn’t start playing football until he was about 15 years old after…

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Social media is rife with skin-whitening products. But little is being done to regulate the market

This story is part of 'White lies', a series by CNN's As Equals investigating skin whitening practices worldwide to expose the underlying drivers of colorism, the industry that profits from…

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‘I survived two sandstorms and nearly ran out of water in the Sahara Desert,’ says man who biked from London to Lagos

Lagos, Nigeria (CNN) — Kunle Adeyanju is a self-confessed daredevil who has climbed Mount Kilimanjaro twice and cycled from Lagos to Accra over three days.But it is his latest adventure…

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