Here’s what we’re keeping our African eyes on this week: Supermodel Iman is launching her own home design line later this month, Senegalese singer Youssou N’Dour has launched his own TV station, Mode Men Magazine reveals the 50 Best Dressed Nigerian Men, and Mozambican police have taken to patrolling the streets after two days of riots over high food prices. Read more…
- Supermodel Iman is launching her own home design line later this month and will preview her designs at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week at Lincoln Center in New York City next week. <<AfriPOP! read it here>>
- After years of setbacks Senegalese singer Youssou N’Dour has launched his own television station called TFM (Television Future Media). N’Dour already owns a radio station that has the largest audience in Dakar. <<AfriPOP! read it here>>
- U2 frontman Bono and wife Ali Hewson’s new Louis Vuitton ad was shot in South Africa. In it they both wear Hewson’s own organic and ethical label Edun, which she created in 2005 and aims to encourage trade in Africa. <<AfriPOP! read it here>>
- Kenya growing at a million people per year? “The average Kenyan woman is having 4.6 babies, pushing up the country’s population by a million people every year.” <<AfriPOP! read it here>>
- Somali journalist Abdullahi Omar Gedi, 25, was stabbed to death in the Puntland region of the country. He is the third journalist to be killed in the country in 2010. Reporters Without Borders reports a “serious deterioration in working conditions for journalists” in the region. <<AfriPOP! read it here>>
- Mode Men Magazine recently unveiled its list of the 50 Best Dressed Men in Nigeria. They include Chiwetel Ejiofor, D;Banj and Now this, we must see. <<AfriPOP! read it here>>
- Mozambican authorities are now patrolling the streets of Maputo after two days of riots over high food prices. <<AfriPOP! read it here>>
- Ever wonder how Shea Butter is made? BBC shows you how — in pictures. <<AfriPOP! read it here>>
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