In Botswana, where a third of the population has Aids, one pioneering clinic has shown that it is not too late for a ravaged continent to fight back and survive the epidemic
For 29 years they have eaten together, studied together, prayed together, even breathed in the same air — forced to live as one by a twist of fate. But at 1 o’clock this morning, Laden and Laleh Bijani were due to be put under anaesthetic at the start of a grim ordeal that could leave either or both of them dead — or liberated to begin a new and independent life.