Full Coverage: Southern Africa

28.04.2006 Twelve years ago on 27 April, millions of South Africans took part in the first non-racial democratic election following the end of minority white rule. Piers Pigou reflects on the unfinished business of the country's truth and reconciliation process.

27.04.2006 Sub-Saharan Africa's last absolute monarch, King Mswati of Swaziland, said his country is not ready for political parties and criticised foreign governments for meddling in its internal affairs.

27.04.2006 In a rare interview, sub-Saharan Africa’s last absolute monarch King Mswati of Swaziland said this week his country is not ready for political parties and criticised foreign governments for meddling in its internal affairs

26.04.2006 The focus of this research was to develop a sustainable Information and Communication Technology (ICT) model in a Nigerian community, by evaluating ICT provision in South Africa's disadvantaged communities and comparing it with the Nigerian situation; to identify applicable models and service mechanisms; and, to identify pitfalls and risks.

26.04.2006 DASA facilitates an exchange programme for African researchers through its Centre for Governance in Africa Programme, in conjunction with Fredskopset, the Norwegian Volunteer Service. The objective of this particular programme is to expose young professionals working in the area of governance to political processes in other African countries, and to develop a framework for collaboration around African based democracy and governance centers.

25.04.2006 In a rare interview, sub-Saharan Africa’s last absolute monarch King Mswati of Swaziland said this week his country is not ready for political parties and criticised foreign governments for meddling in its internal affairs

25.04.2006 One in 10 people who take anti-retrovirals will experience difficulties with the medication or their bodies will reject it completely. This was heard in Cape Town on Tuesday at Microbicides 2006, the first international conference held in Africa into research into gels that could prevent HIV transmission in women.

21.04.2006 South Africa's best known AIDS group has refused to accept an invitation to attend next month’s UN session on AIDS as part of the government's delegation unless an invitation is also extended to the AIDS Law Project, which has been monitoring the government’s anti-retroviral treatment programme and highlights the human rights aspects of the epidemic.

19.04.2006 Sarawak will look at alternative means to provide telecommunication facilities to the 280 rural schools in the state, which are yet to have access to the information and communication technology (ICT).

18.04.2006 Afrikan etelärannikon ohittava meriväylä loitonnetaan nykyistä kauemmaksi avomerelle. Tästä syntyi hiljattain yhteismmärrys YK:n alaisessa kansainvälisessä merenkulkujärjestössä IMO:ssa. Aloite on peräisin Etelä-Afrikasta, jonka laajan rannikkoalueen ympäristöarvoja päätös suojelee.

12.04.2006 JOHANNESBURG, Apr 11 (IPS) - AIDS activists have expressed concern about a remark by former South African deputy president Jacob Zuma that he minimised his risk of contracting the AIDS virus during unprotected sex with an HIV-positive woman, by taking a shower afterwards.