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Thursday 7 May 2020

Clashes between Arabs, In Latin America, face masks
non-Arabs in Sudan become a form of expression

province kill 30

several swimwear brands
CAIRO (AP) — Suda- the Arab and non-Arab whose bikinis usually sell for
nese authorities say tribes date back to the $100 through U.S. retailers
tribal clashes between Darfur conflict that be- like Nordstrom's, Blooming-
Arabs and non-Arabs in gan in 2003, when ethnic dales and Amazon. The
the country’s South Dar- Africans rebelled, accus- masks are made with the
fur province have left at ing the Arab-dominated same colorful prints of tou-
least 30 people dead Sudanese government of cans, jaguars, humming-
and a dozen wounded. A discrimination. birds and other tropical
statement from the Prime The government of for- motifs as the swimsuits.
Minister’s office says the mer President Omar al- "We wanted to be part of
clashes erupted on Tues- Bashir in the capital Khar- what is happening in the
day and continued into toum at the time was world right now" said Car-
Wednesday but have accused of retaliating olina Ordoñez, chief de-
since subsided. The fight- by arming local nomadic A man wears a mask featuring the smile of comic book signer at Palo Rosa beach-
ing poses a significant Arab tribes and organiz- character The Joker, amid the spread of the new coronavirus in wear, a Bogota company
challenge to efforts by ing them into a militia Caracas, Venezuela, Monday, March 30, 2020. with 15 seamstresses. "We
Sudan’s transitional gov- known as the Janjaweed Associated Press also needed to find work
ernment to end decades- and unleashing them on By ANDREA RODRIGUEZ de Janeiro, samba schools for the people who sew for
long rebellions in areas civilian populations. The Associated Press suspended production of us, so we are reinventing
of the country including militias became notorious HAVANA (AP) — Rarely flashy Carnival costumes ourselves."
Darfur. Tensions between for massacres and rapes. used in Latin America out- and began churning out In Bolivia, the Mujeres Cre-
side hospitals before the colorful masks. ando feminist association is
Flooding in Kenya coronavirus pandemic, Guatemalan President making masks that empha-
Alejandro Giammattei ap-
face masks are now com-
has killed nearly pulsory for subway riders, peared on television wear- size womens' rights. "Stay-
ing at home is not the same
200 in past 3 weeks supermarket shoppers and ing a mask emblazoned as staying quiet," says one
with the country's name,
even joggers in some coun-
message.
tries — and they're becom- and his government com- Many entrepreneurs think
By TOM ODULA vious years. More than ing a colorful part of the missioned the production masks will be popular for
Associated Press 120 people died from region's daily life. of 4 million of the masks some time.
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — flooding and mudslides. Motifs showing up on masks that were handed out for "They're here to stay," said
Kenya’s government says Aid groups worry that are varied, often reflecting free. designer Leon Campa,
at least 194 people have the new flooding com- local cultures. There are In Peru's capital, designer who runs Benik, a Mexican
been killed in the last plicates efforts to cope lucha libre-themed masks John Sanchez stopped company that makes col-
three weeks by flooding with both the coronavirus in Mexico, logos of soccer printing designs on mugs orful wallets, pencil cases
caused by heavy rains. pandemic and the worst clubs in Argentina, Batman and T-shirts, and used his and backpacks inspired by
Minister Eugene Wa- locust outbreak Kenya characters in Peru and col- equipment to make face the country's cultural mo-
malwa said Wednesday has seen in 70 years. Save orful swimsuit prints in Co- masks with patriotic slogans tifs. The company, based
that over 100,000 people the Children has said the lombia. like "Resist Peru" or with the in the central state of Gua-
have been displaced three natural disasters will Some activists sport masks logos of institutions like the najuato, now makes 500
from their homes. Kenya devastate the chances with political statements. national police force. face masks each day that
is in its first rainy season of survival for malnour- "It's a garment that has a "My previous production feature similar prints.
of the year. Its second ished children in Kenya strong visual impact," says ground to a halt," Sanchez Campa expects masks to
rainy season late last year and neighboring Somalia Lauren Fajardo, one of the said. "So I started to make continue evolving.
saw unusually high rain- and Ethiopia especially owners of Cuban fashion face masks that had an "Shoes would be a good
fall after droughts in pre- as crops are destroyed.q brand Dador. "It is also a added value — like mes- comparison," he said. "You
way to express yourself. I sages that keep people can live without them, but
Powerful earthquake don't even have to talk for positive." using them provides bene-
someone to see what I'm More than 40 fashion com-
fits, and they've evolved in
shakes Indonesia; trying to say with my face panies in Colombia are all kinds of sizes, styles, col-
producing masks, including
mask."
no injuries expected When the virus first started ors and materials."q
to spread in Latin America,
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) city, Saumlaki, it said. pharmacies quickly ran
— A powerful earthquake The earthquake triggered out of conventional face
shook islands in eastern moderate shaking and masks, pushing up prices
Indonesia on Wednesday was unlikely to cause in- and even forcing medical
evening, but no damage juries or economic losses, personnel to go without
or injuries were expected. USGS said. them. But with lockdowns
The quake measured a Indonesia, a vast archi- putting the brakes on busi-
preliminary magnitude pelago of 260 million peo- ness activity, local manu-
6.8 and was centered be- ple, is frequently struck by facturers reacted quickly,
low the sea at a depth of earthquakes, volcanic and grassroots producers
107 kilometers (67 miles), eruptions and tsunamis also jumped in.
the U.S. Geological Sur- because of its location on In Havana, women work-
vey said. It was located the “Ring of Fire,” an arc ing at home on their sew-
205 kilometers (128 miles) of volcanoes and fault ing machines used leftover A boy wears a Spiderman face mask amid the spread of the
northwest of the nearest lines in the Pacific Basin.q fabric to make free face new coronavirus in Bogota, Colombia, Thursday, April 30, 2020.
masks for neighbors. In Rio Associated Press