Full Coverage: Southern Africa

29.05.2007 JOHANNESBURG, May 29 (IPS) - About one million people in need of anti-retroviral treatment for HIV/AIDS are yet to receive it in four southern African states, according to Medicins Sans Frontieres, a global nongovernmental organisation specialising in medical services.

25.05.2007 Severe shortages of health staff are compromising the quality and availability of HIV/AIDS care across southern Africa, a leading international medical charity has warned.

23.05.2007 Bushman leader Roy Sesana will meet British MPs at the House of Commons on Wednesday to seek support for his people’s 10-year struggle to return to their land in the Kalahari desert in Botswana.
* Tribal peoples group launched in UK parliament

21.05.2007 Progress on pledges to achieve universal access to HIV prevention, treatment and care by 2010 "is staggeringly slow", warns a new report, with a third of AIDS deaths occurring in India, South Africa and Nigeria – three countries with some of the lowest scores on providing access to treatment.

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14.05.2007 The Botswana government has announced that access to the country for the top UN human rights spokesman for indigenous peoples, Rodolfo Stavenhagen, will be restricted.

03.05.2007 Kansalaisaktivisti Bhekie Ngobese on omistanut elämänsä aidsin vastaiselle taistelulle. Jotta tauti voitetaan, pitää ihmisillä olla toivoa ja selvä tietoisuus omien tekojensa seuraamuksista, sanoo Ngobese.

02.05.2007 Community radio is now a part of the lives of the people in Mangochi District, Malawi, in southeastern Africa. UNESCO supported Dzimwe Community Radio station is a boon for the locals who cannot read and write. High temperatures between 35-40° C and constant power failures are not enough to discourage the dedicated announcers keen on serving their community.

02.05.2007 Sanan- ja lehdistönvapaus on huonontunut viiden viime vuoden aikana erityisesti Etiopiassa, Gambiassa ja Kongon demokraattisessa tasavallassa, Committee to Protect Journalists -järjestö ilmoitti kansainvälisenä lehdistön päivänä.