UN special envoy Stephen Lewis was inspired on a recent visit to Kenya where he experienced first-hand the determination of the East African country’s government to battle the HIV/Aids pandemic. Read an excerpt of a speech he delivered on the subject at the UN recently.
One form of the virus that causes Aids made the jump from animals to people by 1940, a new analysis indicates. HIV-2 didn’t spread across West Africa until the 1960s, perhaps spurred by a war in Guinea-Bissau, where researchers say it originated.
Four explosions apparently targeted at westerners rocked the Saudi Arabian capital of Riyadh last night, injuring at least 50 people. It is feared that a number of people may have been killed.
The British-trained microbiologist Rihab Taha, known as ”Dr Germ” for her role in Iraq’s biological weapons programme, has surrendered to coalition forces, a US military representative announced yesterday.
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South African lawyer George Bizos, defending Zimbabwe opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai in a treason trial, has claimed police tried to cover up for a key state witness.
The US military task force hunting for chemical, biological and nuclear weapons in Iraq is to leave within a month, having found no trace of any illegal weapons, according to a report yesterday.
Zimbabwe’s national airline has just two or three days worth of fuel supply left, as a result of a critical liquid fuels shortage that has hit the country.
Satirical clothing maker Laugh It Off was granted leave to appeal by the Cape High Court on Monday against a decision barring it from using the Carling Black Label beer trademark.
British aid organisation Oxfam has called on the United Nations (UN) to deploy rapid reaction troops to enforce peace in Bunia, northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), which has been rocked by violence between rival Hema and Lendu militias since the withdrawal of Ugandan troops.