By John Zyombo – The DRC is among the countries that have managed to stabilize the spread of infection. This stabilization remains fragile due to the reduced funding for some partners in the fight against HIV. In Eastern countries, the virus is spreading rapidly in rural areas considered high risk area with 3.3% prevalence. That’s the conclusion of a study conducted by the national fight against HIV / AIDS PNLS with the support of UNAIDS in 2009. According to Dr. Jean Paul NSIBULA Bisimwa, NACP Coordinator who presented the epidemiological situation, the rate of infection has stabilized considerably in city... Continue Reading
NAIROBI, 30 November 2010 (IRIN) – Kenya is likely to witness worsening food security, significant disease outbreaks, and further pockets of conflict in 2011, as well as a continuing flow of refugees from Somalia, say aid officials. “There is a fear of La Niña compromising the [food security] gains made,” said Aeneas Chuma, the UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator at the 30 November launch of Kenya’s 2011 Emergency Humanitarian Response Plan (EHRP) appeal. Most of the US$525 million funding requested is expected to meet food security and refugee needs. At present, the number of food aid beneficiaries has dropped to... Continue Reading
By Shout-Africa SADC News Desk – CAPE TOWN – The Oasis Group, on behalf of the Oasis Crescent Fund Trust, has made a donation of R5 million towards relief aid for victims in flood-ravaged Pakistan. This generous donation has come under the guidance of the South African government and the Al-Imdaad Foundation has been appointed as the agency to ensure distribution occurs within the Pakistan community. The Al-Imdaad Foundation will work closely with the government of the Republic of Pakistan and Mr Amir Goa to investigate sustainable projects that can ensure growth and development within village communities. The aim is... Continue Reading
By Novell Zwange – The South African Commission for Religious and Traditional Affairs (CRATA) yesterday said that it welcomes the current debate around the status of the Khoi community in our society. South Africa’s Khoikhoi and San who said they were dispossessed, unrecognised and facing a ‘cultural genocide’, petitioned the government for full recognition of their rights as indigenous people. The San and Khoi are demanding that their rights be recognised. Photo: Le Grand Portage They claim that their history of oppression and dispossession has long been overlooked, with government preferring to focus on rectifying the evils of apartheid’s land policies.... Continue Reading
Helen Ngoh – Buea, Cameroon, Nov 29 2010 – Free HIV counseling and testing is going in major towns and cities in Cameroon, as part of activities leading to World AIDS Day on Dec 1. Cameroon’s AIDS control agency and several local and international partners are setting up temporal testing units in neighbourhoods in these towns to test as many people as possible for HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. “We are planning to test at least 7500 people in the Southwest Region”, says Dr. Pascal Atanga, Coordinator of the government-controlled Regional Technical Group against HIV/AIDS (RTG) in the Southwest... Continue Reading
