The government has warned against the widespread usuage of skin bleaching products in the country - and across the region - despite their well-documented harmful effects. Speaking at a forum to raise ...

Skin-lightening treatments have been popular in Africa, Asia and the Middle East ... A GIS spokesman told the BBC this was because people with such marks might bleed during the "strenuous" training.

The advert is targeted at women in Africa, where skin lightening and bleaching is common ... "Making money out of making people hate themselves is never acceptable. Whitening and lightening ...