Nigeria: Make Gas Flaring History, Activists Urge Govt
Executive Director, Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth (ERA), Mr Nnimmo Bassey, has called on President Umaru Yar’Adua to adhere to the December 31, 2008 deadline his administration set to stop gas flaring in Nigeria.
Uganda: President Bush Lauds MP
THE US President, George W. Bush, has recognised the chairperson of the parliamentary committee on HIV/AIDS for his role in helping the less fortunate.
Malawi: Poor Legislation Exposes Women to HIV
Women in Malawi continue to be exposed to the risk of HIV infection as the country does not have laws criminalizing social or cultural practices that negatively impinge their rights basing on their sex.
Africa: U.S. Nurses Travel to Continent to Boost HIV/Aids Treatment, Care
A groundbreaking program called Nurses Strengthening Our AIDS Response, or simply Nurses SOAR, is sending nurses specially trained in HIV/AIDS care from the United States to hospitals and clinics in Africa to act as mentors for increasingly burdened nursing staffs.
Angola: Two Ethiopian Athletes to Represent Libolo in Yearend Race
Two Ethiopian athletes will represent Clube Recreativo do Libolo of the coastal Kwanza Sul Province, in the 53rd edition of the yearend race of Luanda dubbed “Saint Sylvester”, to happen on 31 December, announced this Monday to ANGOP, the promotions firm “FAT-Angola”.
Nigeria: Sex Accounts for 80 Percent of HIV/Aids Infections
A Sokoto-based medical laboratory scientist with liberty consults, Mr. Abdulganiyu Abubakar, has identified sex as the cause for more than 85 per cent of HIV/AIDS cases.
Uganda: Athletes to Qualify for National Championships
THE athletics federation has moved to ensure maximum competition at the national events by setting qualifying standards for national championships.
Nigeria: Aids - When Will There Be Light?
Thirty-seven-year-old Shehu (not real name) observes the World AIDS day with hope that a permanent cure of the scourge will be found and revealed on that day, but for the past four years that he started observing the day, he said it has been statistics galore and no cure.
Angola: Yearend Race Signing Up Will Only Close On Contest’s Eve
The enlistments for the 53rd edition of the Luanda yearend race dubbed São Silvestre (Saint Sylvester), which will happen on 31 December, will only close on the eve of the event, ANGOP has learnt from the Angolan Athletics Federation (FAA).
Africa: Climate Change Threatens Livelihoods
Climate change will affect the Zambezi River basin more severely than any other river system in the world, according to Kenneth Msibi, Water Policy and Strategy Expert for the Southern African Development Community (SADC).
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