Africa AIDS activists slam US funding shortfall
(Nairobi) Health activists say that a shortfall in promised U.S. funding for HIV/AIDS projects would affect over 30 million people and means President Barack Obama risks reversing the gains made by his predecessor.
“Such projects are like planes … they must have a forward momentum or they will stall and crash,” …
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(Vatican City) The Vatican on Friday denounced the criticisms of the pope’s comments about condoms and AIDS during his trip to Africa, saying they marked an unprecedented attempt to intimidate him into silence.
Pope Benedict XVI said last month that condoms weren’t the answer to Africa’s AIDS epidemic and could make …
Tags: Africa Aids, aids, Aids Epidemic, Aids Groups, Benedict Xvi, Condoms, Intimidation, Pope Benedict, Pope Benedict Xvi, Silence, Trip To Africa, Unprecedented Attempt, Vatican, Vatican CityFighting AIDS in Africa may be Bush’s legacy
(Cape Town, South Africa) In her AIDS-scarred South African township, Sweetness Mzolisa leads a chorus of praise for George W. Bush that echoes to the deserts of Namibia, the hills of Rwanda and the villages of Ethiopia.
Like countless Africans, Mzolisa looks forward to Barack Obama becoming America’s first black president …
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(East London, South Africa) The African National Congress hopes to keep its large majority in South Africa’s parliament with promises of more jobs, fewer AIDS deaths and less crime, as it faces its toughest election challenge since toppling apartheid.
The ANC plans to release its election manifesto at a rally Saturday …
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