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C. Africa in grip of 'severe humanitarian crisis'

C. Africa in grip of 'severe humanitarian crisis' LIBREVILLE — Relief agencies in the Central African Republic warned on Thursday that the entire population of the poor, landlocked nation faced a serious humanitarian crisis after a coup in March. "The whole population of the Central African Republic ...

World Refugee Day:

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World Refugee Day: It is unfortunately very hard to raise money to help people in protracted crises situations like the Central African Republic, which tops this year's list of neglected displacement crises. The humanitarian appeal for the Central African Republic is for ...

The Central African Republic: The Emerging Pakistan of Africa

The Central African Republic: The Emerging Pakistan of Africa The crisis in the Central African Republic (CAR) has deteriorated in recent months with worsening humanitarian conditions, lawlessness and violence between the Christian and Muslim communities. The Séléka coalition that overthrew President Bozizé in  ...

How Cell Towers Could Save Forest Elephants

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How Cell Towers Could Save Forest Elephants But there is a subset of elephants that live in the rainforests of Central Africa , and they're in trouble. At least 1 million of these animals lived in the rainforest at one time; today, there are just 100,000. The Elephant Listening Project, an ...

Nupe Day Lecture: Nupe Land Can Feed West Africa – CBN Gov

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Nupe Day Lecture: Nupe Land Can Feed West Africa – CBN Gov Nupe kingdom has the potential to feed the West African sub-region if the federal government created the enabling environment for agriculture to thrive in the country, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) governor Sanusi Lamido Sanusi stated yesterday ...

Central Africa human crisis severe | News24

Central Africa human crisis severe | News24 A dozen relief agencies in the Central African Republic have warned that the whole population of the poor, landlocked nation faced a serious humanitarian crisis  ...

WHO says drug treatment for HIV should begin earlier

WHO says drug treatment for HIV should begin earlier Di Gibb, professor of epidemiology and an expert on HIV at the Medical Research Council clinical trials unit in London, said: “In many places in Africa , only 50 per cent of sick patients are getting treatment and drug supplies are often precarious, so ...

Malawi: Unaids Applauds Malawi for Reducing HIV Infection Rate By 75 Percent

Malawi: Unaids Applauds Malawi for Reducing HIV Infection Rate By 75 Percent Lilongwe — UNAIDs Executive Director, Michael Sidibe on Friday commended Malawi for its bold stand in fighting against the spread of HIV and AIDs which contributed to a 75 percent reduction of new HIV infections. Sidibe made the remarks in Lilongwe at  ...

Focus on health: Obama's trip to Africa

Focus on health: Obama's trip to Africa Over the course of the trip, Obama will visit Senegal, Tanzania and South Africa . In a briefing with reporters last week, the White House indicated that the president plans to address global health issues, such as nutrition and HIV /AIDS, during the ...

Business Leadership Council for a Generation Born HIV Free Encouraged by ...

Business Leadership Council for a Generation Born HIV Free Encouraged by ... NEW YORK, June 28, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The Business Leadership Council for a Generation Born HIV Free (BLC) today said it was encouraged by the 38% reduction of new HIV infections among children in 21 countries in sub-Saharan Africa during the  ...

7 African Countries Have Cut Children's HIV Infections in Half

7 African Countries Have Cut Children's HIV Infections in Half Sub-Saharan Africa , the region that has been hit the hardest by the ongoing HIV /AIDS epidemic, is making important progress toward lessening the effects of the virus. Since 2009, seven of those African nations have cut their rates of children's HIV ...

African activists fight homophobia

African activists fight homophobia In the last decade sub-Saharan Africa has seen a surge in discrimination and violence towards lesbian, gay , bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) individuals. Homosexuality is against the law in 38 African countries. “ If you are openly gay in ...

Africa's brutal treatment of homosexuals ignored by Obama, Democrats

Africa's brutal treatment of homosexuals ignored by Obama, Democrats While quick to condemn the treatment of lesbian, gay , bisexual , transsexual and "intersex" residents of the United States by some Americans, President Barack Obama and his liberal-left fellow-travelers have failed to condemn the systemic ill-treatment ...

Homophobia endangering lives in Africa, says Amnesty International report

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Homophobia endangering lives in Africa , says Amnesty International report Homophobia is reaching dangerously high levels across Africa , with attacks on homosexuals increasingly more visible and discrimination against them on the rise, an Amnesty International report has warned. The report, Making Love a Crime ... Irish Times

Senegal's President Rebukes Call For Greater LGBT Rights In Africa

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Senegal's President Rebukes Call For Greater LGBT Rights In Africa There, President Obama urged African leaders to extend equality to LGBT people. Unfortunately, this may be too soon as he was rather bluntly rebuked by Senegal's President Macky Sall. Perhaps Obama should have tried something less problematic like  ... Our mission is to provide the best information on social exclusion worldwide

President Obama's Homosexual Foreign Policy

President Obama's Homosexual Foreign Policy Since then, the U.S. government has worked to promote homosexual rights around the world, making history in different nations, especially within Africa , which is largely against homosexual “marriage.” In July last year, the first-ever “ gay pride” event ...

Senegalese President Defends Jailing Of LBGT Citizens, Hits Obama Over The ...

Senegalese President Defends Jailing Of LBGT Citizens, Hits Obama Over The ... WASHINGTON — A day after the Supreme Court took up his call to expand gay rights in America, President Obama used a joint press conference with the president Senegal to push both his country and the nations of Africa to do more to free the LGBT   ...

Same sex, same rights

Same sex, same rights Will it be the gay rights-affirming path shown by the US, UK and even the macho bastion of Latin America or the regressive, feardriven path being taken by Africa , Russia and parts of Eastern Europe? It has been an amazing, and rather bewildering ...

International Symposium to Celebrate the Albert Schweitzer Hospital Centennial

International Symposium to Celebrate the Albert Schweitzer Hospital Centennial The objective of this symposium, organized in memory of Albert Schweitzer's scientific and medical commitment, is to promote a new approach to three of the main diseases affecting Africa : HIV /AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria. At the end of the symposium ...

Victory Over Poverty Is Victory Over HIV-Jonathan

Victory Over Poverty Is Victory Over HIV -Jonathan The Group is a network of highly placed African women, seeking to advance gender equality and women empowerment especially in the areas of reproductive rights and HIV /AIDS, with the Minister of State 1, Foreign Affairs, Prof Viola Onwuluri, asthe  ...

Newfound freedom equals exposure to HIV

Newfound freedom equals exposure to HIV These were some of the findings of research done by the Higher Education HIV and Aids Programme (HEAids) at 23 universities in South Africa – involving more than 2 million young people. Dr Ramneek Ahluwalia, the director of the programme, said the  ...

We Must First Tackle Poverty to Succeed in Fight Against HIV - Jonathan

We Must First Tackle Poverty to Succeed in Fight Against HIV - Jonathan African Leaders must first take bold steps to eradicate poverty, if it will be successful in the fight against HIV /AIDS, President Goodluck Jonathan said Thursday in Abuja. He was speaking at the opening of a second high level meeting of the Global ...

Nigeria: UN Report - Nigeria Has Highest Number of HIV Children Worldwide

Nigeria: UN Report - Nigeria Has Highest Number of HIV Children Worldwide With 60,000 Nigerian children infected with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus ( HIV ) last year, Nigeria has the highest number of children with the virus in the world, according to the latest report by the United Nations. The number of children infected ...

Human Rights Vs Homophobia - Who Is Winning Africa's Cultural Wars

Human Rights Vs Homophobia - Who Is Winning Africa's Cultural Wars Both camps have their armies: the Nordic and Dutch development agencies, the international foundations and the global LGBT rights movement on one side; the religious right - Evangelist, Catholic, Orthodox and Islamic - on the other. In Africa ...

Obama pushes gay rights agenda

Obama pushes gay rights agenda BBC News reports that Obama made the comments in Dakar after meeting President Macky Sall who said Senegal was 'very tolerant' but it was 'not ready to decriminalise homosexuality '. Homosexual acts are still a crime in 38 African countries, where most  ...