GULU, 22 December 2010 (PlusNews) – After years of hearing about the protective effects of medical male circumcision against HIV, many men in northern Uganda are taking advantage of a government move to provide the procedure free of charge. Uganda launched its national male circumcision policy in September 2010; in 2006 a large study in Kenya, South Africa and Uganda found that the procedure can reduce a man’s risk of contracting HIV through vaginal intercourse by as much as 60 percent. Nationally, about 25 percent of Ugandan men are circumcised, but in the north, that figure drops to as low... Continue Reading
ABIDJAN, 21 December 2010 (IRIN) – Gunshots at night, beatings, unexplained disappearances of ordinary civilians and makeshift barriers around homes have become commonplace in Côte d’Ivoire’s main city, Abidjan, in the chaotic aftermath of the presidential election. As violence threatens to spiral, Ivoirians say ethnic and regional divisions are sharper than ever. Both the incumbent Laurent Gbagbo and Alassane Ouattara – a northerner – have claimed victory in the 28 November presidential run-off. Independent electoral commission results put Ouattara as the victor, but the Gbagbo camp rejected that, threw out poll results in seven northern departments – alleging mass fraud... Continue Reading
By Fredrick Mugira – You wake up a few minutes passed midnight because three green insects disabled in one way or the other are walking on the floor. Because they are fluttering around in the living room. They probably passed through a ventilator. And you hear a swam of similar insects fluttering on the corrugated metal sheets of your roof. And you wonder what is happening. So you switch on the lights. Open the window a little bit to see what is happening outside. Only to attract four more similar insects inside attracted by the lights. And you discover they... Continue Reading
By Kayode Olatuyi – We Migrant Africans have a lot of catching up to do, either in business or in employment. Whereas many reasons have been adduced for our difficulties – racism et al, the biggest of these challenges is that Migrant Africans are poor (self) marketers! And unless we appreciate and work assiduously to redress this, reaching the top in business or achieving corporate success will remain a tantalising illusion. Every race may have its own share of this problem. It will be correct to say that Africans are the Ivy League of this group. Poor Marketing is the... Continue Reading
….As Press Union of Liberia Welcomes Initiative – By: Augustine N. Myers – After series of informal discussions by Liberian Journalists to unite themselves under a Group that will champion increase media attention on Water, Sanitation and Hygiene commonly known as WASH, they have overwhelmingly agreed to officially establish a National WASH Media Network. The Group is to be called Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Reporters & Editors Network of Liberia to inform and educate on WASH issues and equally increase media coverage and reportage in the Sector. The over 20 Liberian journalists from the various Media Institutions, at the... Continue Reading
