“Basing our estimates on the national prevalence rate, 15,000 HIV-positive people have been affected, with half of them remaining on treatment”

Main Category: HIV / AIDS Article Date: 28 Feb 2008 - 10:00 PST newsletters Post-election violence in Kenya has prevented 2,391 HIV-positive people from accessing antiretrovirals, the country’s National AIDS … via Medical News Today

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The Brong-Ahafo Regional branch of the National Association of Graduate Teachers , has observed that government has not been fair to teachers, as far as labour issues are concerned. via The Ghanaian Chronicle

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“Nothing was done. The senior guy involved in the attack wasn’t fired, he may still be teaching there for all I know”

It was shocking even for South Africa, the country that gave the world the word apartheid. via The Florida Times-Union

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“The French military presence in Africa is still grounded in agreements reached just after the end of colonialism, some 50 years ago”

France is to stop sending military aid to governments in its former African colonies, president Nicolas Sarkozy announced yesterday. via Telegraph.co.uk

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“This is simply a case of transferred aggression, because I cannot understand why the authorities have decided to close these radios only at a time when the country is traversing a serious crisis”

Cameroon’s main journalists’ union accused the government on Friday of trying to silence media coverage of anti-government riots after police shut down a popular radio station that aired criticism of the … via News24.com

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“Wouldn’t we be seeing this on the cover of every magazine if it were HRC [Hillary Rodham Clinton]?”

Angry tribal elders in Kenya are calling on Hillary Rodham Clinton to “clear her name” over any involvement in publication of photos of Barack Obama wearing a turban and African garb on a trip to his ancestral … via Sweetness & Light

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Eritrea’s latest obstruction of the efforts by the United Nations peacekeeping mission to temporarily relocate across the border in Ethiopia have resulted in more than 100 blue helmets being stranded inside the … via United Nations

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“Dear reader, this is the last publication of Son ’s northern edition. Thank you very much for your loyal support through the years, Editor.”

Regulars Interact Jenni O’Grady 29 February 2008 05:00 Media24 on Friday announced the closure of the Gauteng and Free State editions of its Afrikaans tabloid, Son , citing weak growth prospects. via Mail & Guardian

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Seven Triad residents are trapped in an African country amid riots and political unrest. via The Asheville Citizen-Times

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“We have managed to put chlorine in all the water wells.”

An outbreak of acute watery diarrhoea in and around the town of Belet Hawo, southwestern Somalia, has killed at least 11 people in the past three weeks, medical sources said on 28 February. via AllAfrica.com

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