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Wearing Sunscreen will save you!

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Cleopatra Okohai
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Hello there, so I’m trying so hard to not make this post sound like a warning. I want it to be more like an eye-opener, showing you how you may have been sleeping on the benefits of wearing your sunscreen daily and how it is going to save your skin.

The truth is, this post is both a warning and a call to action because the fact remains that most people are not aware of how important sunscreen really is. How it works and why is it so important to wear sunscreen even if it’s cloudy or raining.

Sunscreen is one of the skincare products that are essential for every person regardless of age or gender. You must protect your skin from the harmful UV rays of the sun.

The beauty industry does not stress enough the importance of wearing sunscreen daily, so most people are still a little confused about how sunscreen works, what SPF means, what kind of sunscreen is best for them and how often they should apply it. 

So let’s get into some basic knowledge first. I mentioned how you must protect your skin from harmful UV rays of the sun, so here are some explanations on what UV rays are.

UVB: UVBs are these short high energy wavelengths that actually hit upon the most surface level of the skin which is the dermis. When your dermis is irritated, you get redness which appears to be sunburn. This is what causes ageing, freckles, and hyperpigmentation.

UVA: UVAs penetrate even further into your skin than UVB rays and affects the DNA (cellular levels of your skin). So when your skin is irritated by UVA rays, it causes wrinkling of the skin, and also makes your skin look darker and saggy. 

So in summary, UVA has a more long term damaging effect on your skin. Since you can’t help being exposed to these harmful rays, you can however protect your skin by applying Sunscreen whether chemical or physical.

Chemical sunscreens are those that contain chemicals. For example, Oxybenzone. Physical sunscreen contains natural ingredients like zinc oxide and titanium dioxide. Both have been fortified to protect the skin from sunburn and hyper pigmentation.

Now you may ask: When should I apply sunscreen?

It should be applied 15 to 20 minutes before you step out. Whether it’s a rainy or a cloudy day, you must not skip sunscreen.

You may also want to know what sunscreen is right for your skin:

A broad-spectrum sunscreen that protects your skin from UVA and UVB rays and has SPF 30 or higher is considered the best for your skin.

So here are 5 ways Sunscreen would save you:

1. Protect your skin from UV rays

When you apply sunscreen, it makes a layer over your skin that protects your skin from the UV rays. The UVA and the UVB rays penetrate through the three layers of your skin: epidermis, dermis, and hypodermis. These rays can cause sunburn, wrinkles, dark spots, and pigmentations. Applying sunscreen will protect your skin from sun damage.

2. Decrease the risk of skin cancer

Overexposure to sunlight can increase the risk of skin cancer. The ultraviolet radiation from the sun, when it penetrates through your skin layers affects the skin cells and can cause skin cancer.

Studies have shown that a person with a fair skin tone is more likely to get skin cancer than a person with a dark skin tone because of the less melanin in the fair skin which protects the skin from sun damage. Applying sunscreen can reduce the risk of skin cancer.

3. Prevent the increase in melanin production in your skin

When you don’t apply sunscreen, the UV rays directly hit the deeper layer of your skin and activates the melanocytes. The melanocytes then produce melanin to protect your skin. The increase in melanin makes your skin tone dark and cause freckles and dark spots on your skin. 

4. Prevent uneven skin tone

Exposure to the sun can cause discoloration and dark spots on your skin. It also causes tanning, clogged pores, and dark patches. Sunscreen prevents your skin from hyper pigmentation and prevents uneven skin tone.

5. Prevents premature sign of aging

The UVA rays penetrate deeply into the hypodermis that causes premature signs of ageing. It causes fine lines, wrinkles, dullness, and other ageing signs. Applying sunscreen provides a layer over your skin that protects your skin from UVA rays and slows down the signs of ageing on your skin.

Other simple ways to protect your skin include:

Less exposure to sunlight protects your skin from sun damage. Wearing a cloth that covers your body to prevent exposure to sunlight and using a shawl, hat and umbrella to cover your face and skin when exposed to the sun prevents skin tanning and sunburn.

In essence, you must not step out without wearing sunscreen. Always wear sunscreen no matter how the weather is. You can protect your skin from sunburn and the risk of skin cancer by following this simple rule.

Applying sunscreen is a must in your skincare routine and if you won’t protect your skin, you might as well not spend money buying other skincare products.

Wales’ Aberystwyth University Latest To Postpone In-Person Graduations Again

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Precious Obazee
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University students in Wales are unlikely to have summer graduation ceremonies for a second year due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

Aberystwyth is the latest university to postpone its ceremonies because of uncertainty about when large-scale events can go ahead.

The National Union of Students in Wales said it was “upsetting for students”.

But a spokesperson for Universities Wales said the decision had “not been taken lightly” by universities.

No graduation ceremonies were able to take place in Wales last year and many universities had also hoped to hold delayed ceremonies for 2020 students this summer.

Last month Cardiff University and Cardiff Metropolitan University said they hoped their ceremonies could be moved to next year, while Swansea University said it would look to reschedule when “safe and appropriate”.

Zimbabwe School Examinations Council June 2021 Exams Cancelled

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Precious Obazee
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Zimbabwe School Examinations Council has cancelled the June 2021 public examinations for both O and A-Levels following disruptions caused by Covid-19 and the resulting lockdown with those scheduled to sit in June now joining the large majority who are being prepared to sit in November.

The decision to suspend the Zimbabwe School Examinations Council June examinations arose from the delays in sitting for the public examinations at the end of last year and the alterations of the standard calendar for education this year caused by schools having to be closed for the first two and half months of this year to combat the second wave of infection.

Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Minister Monica Mutsvangwa told news men after the cabinet meeting that logistics will be put in place to ensure candidates scheduled to sit for their examinations in June will do so together with other students in November.

Tanzania’s Education System: President Samia Calls For Review Of National Curricula

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Precious Obazee
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Tanzania’s education system has received a new boost following President Samia Suluhu Hassan directive for a review of the country’s education curricula.

President Hassan’s directive to the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology left education stakeholders optimistic about what has been their long-term plea to the government to enable the country to obtain the required skilled labour force for its industries.

Many longed to see a new education system created to help students do what they are capable of instead of having to follow the rigid curricula or system established since independence.

Speaking at the swearing in of the appointed permanent secretaries and heads of public institutions at the State House in Dar es Salaam yesterday, President Hassan said it was time to review and evaluate the education curricula.

President Hassan cited one of the arguments of Kahama Urban MP Jumanne Kishimba when he asked a question in Parliament (2019) as to why a student should study first grade to higher levels and then return to be a parent’s burden.

Tanzania To Employ 6000 Teachers Immediately

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Precious Obazee
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President Samia Suluhu Hassan has instructed the relevant ministries to fill the vacancies left by more than 6000 teachers, a situation she says is affecting learning in schools.

Speaking at the swearing in of the newly appointed Permanent Secretaries and heads of public institutions at the State House in Dar es Salaam, President Hassan also directed that the management of girls’ secondary schools be further strengthened.

She said she realized that there were around 6,000 or more teachers who had resigned or retired along with various other causes but their vacancies are yet to be filled.

She said that these were not new jobs but replacements so that teaching and learning can continue as planned.

The sixth President of Tanzania instructed the Regional Administration and Local Government to look into it adding that six thousand (6000) teachers should be replaced immediately to provide services to Tanzanians.

The president also said the government was hoping to build 26 girls’ schools by 2025 and urged stakeholders to take action so that the plans will be implemented.

University Of Lagos Commences 2019/2020 Examinations After Lockdown

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Precious Obazee
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The University of Lagos (UNILAG) has commenced its 2019/2020 exams cancelled in the wake of lockdown occasioned by COVID-19 pandemic.

However, students are protesting the one-week time frame scheduled for the examination calling on management to give more time.

A circular released on the school’s website showed the new measures put in place by the school for the examination.

In the revised academic calendar, the first semester examination for the 2019/2020 session is scheduled to hold between March 22 and April 30, 2021.

While 100 and 200 level students would take their exams virtually from March 29 to April 7, 300 level students would take physical exams from April 8 to 16; 400 to 500 level students would also take their exams physically between April 19 and 24.

Similarly, examination in core courses in the Faculty of Education would be physical and would hold between April 26 and 30.

Aid Flows Into Cyclone-Struck Indonesia As Death Toll Rises

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Zoe Maven
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Two Indonesian navy ships packed with aid have arrived in a cyclone-ravaged section of the archipelago, with the disaster’s death toll rising to nearly 180 people.

The vessels docked in hard-hit Lembata and Adonara island with hospital ships also en route eastern Indonesia where thousands have been left homeless and dozens are still missing.

The navy vessels are packed with food, including rice and noodles, as well as blankets and other materials for some of the region’s more than 20,000 evacuees.

Torrential rains from Tropical Cyclone Seroja, turned small communities into wastelands of mud and uprooted trees, causing thousands to flee to shelters amid widespread power blackouts.

Sunday’s storm swept buildings in some villages down a mountainside and to the shore of the ocean on Lembata, where one of the aid ships arrived Thursday.

A regional naval base chief Kompiang Aribawa said another ship will arrive later today carrying military personnel who will be deployed to help people in the aftermath of the disaster.

Earlier, Indonesia’s disaster agency chief said a cargo plane had left Jakarta for the disaster-struck region with about 100,000 face masks, virus test kits, as well as prepared food and blankets for survivors.

Rescuers have spent the past few days using diggers and shovels to extract mud-covered corpses from the debris.

Fatal landslides and flash floods are common across the Indonesian archipelago during the rainy season.

UK’s Johnson Condemns Violence In Northern Ireland

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Zoe Maven
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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has expressed deep concern by the violence, which has injured dozens of police officers in Belfast Northern Ireland in recent days.

The violence on Wednesday took place near the Shankill Road in west Belfast near a so-called “peace wall” dividing the community from the Irish nationalist stronghold of the Falls Road.

Crowds of youths in a pro-British area of Belfast set a hijacked bus on fire and attacked police with stones in the latest of a series of nightly outbreaks of violence that began last week.

The violence comes amid growing frustration among many at new trade barriers between Northern Ireland and the rest of the United Kingdom resulting from Britain’s exit from the European Union.

The Police Service of Northern Ireland has said some of the violence was influenced by what they call criminal elements who helped to orchestrate the attacks.

In a Twitter post Boris Johnson wrote that the way to resolve differences is through dialogue, not violence or criminality.

The leaders of Northern Ireland’s largest political parties Sinn Fein and the DUP both condemned the violence, pointing in particular to the bus hijacking and an attack on a photojournalist from the Belfast Telegraph newspaper.

Bill To Legalise Euthanasia Goes Before French Parliament

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Zoe Maven
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A bill to legalise euthanasia has gone before a deeply divided French parliament, with right-wingers planning to torpedo any vote with thousands of amendments.

If the draft law were to pass, France would become the fifth European Union country to decriminalise assisted suicide, after the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg and Spain.

The bill was brought by Olivier Falorni, deputy for the parliamentary splinter group Libertes et Territoires (“Freedom and Territories”)

Olivier Falorni argues that the law will end what he has described a national “hypocrisy” because French residents often travelled to Belgium or Switzerland for assistance in suicide.

He added that French doctors already secretly performed an estimated 2,000 to 4,000 acts of euthanasia every year.

Under the current law, deep sedation of patients who suffer from incurable illnesses, is allowed but not to end their life, or help them end their own life.

Legalising euthanasia is supported by many deputies, including a majority of President Emmanuel Macron’s own party, the LREM although neither Macron nor his government have weighed in on the debate.

In the meantime, Deputies hostile to euthanasia have filed 3,000 amendments ahead of the debate which is likely to slow down Thursday’s proceedings.

While some parliamentarians are opposed to euthanasia on ethical or religious grounds, others have said the subject is too important to be handled in just one day of National Assembly proceedings.

New Talks On Somalia Election Deadlock Collapse

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Zoe Maven
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Another round of talks to resolve Somalia’s election deadlock has ended without a deal in Mogadishu with Information Minister Osman Dubbe blaming leaders of Puntland and Jubbaland regional governments for the failure of the talks.

At a press conference Dubbe said leaders of Somalia’s regional States Puntland and Jubbaland are not willing to hold elections based on the 17th Sept. agreement and the 16th Feb. agreement.

The negotiations collapsed as the international community pressed Somali President Mohammed Abdullahi Farmaajo and leaders of federal states to reach a deal.

Some issues of contention include the forming of the electoral commission, selecting commission members for the breakaway region of Somaliland, and the crisis in the Somalia-Kenya border region of Gedo.

Critics have accused President Mohammed Abdullahi Farmaajo who is seeking a second term, of delaying the election to extend his current mandate which officially expired in February.

The electoral impasse has plunged Somalia into a political crisis and there are concerns that terrorist group Al Shabab might exploit the disagreement to further undermine the fragile security of the Horn of Africa.

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