Global Issues
News headlines for “AIDS in Africa”, page 26
UGANDA: Early Diagnosis of HIV Still Elusive
- Inter Press Service
HIV-positive Justine Kirumira* is a mother torn between doing what is right for her daughters and her own fear of HIV/AIDS. She suspects that her eight- and 12-year-old daughters may also have the virus. But she may never know the truth of their status because she refuses have them tested.
RIGHTS-UGANDA: Fugitives in Their Own Country
- Inter Press Service
Every morning Pepe Julian Onziema wakes up not knowing if she will live to see another rising sun. Onziema is transgender and she lives in fear for her life because of a national campaign criminalising gay people.
ZIMBABWE: Training Teachers to Cope with HIV-positive Students
- Inter Press Service
Eleven-year-old Memory’s grandmother wanted her to drop out of school because she is not going to live long enough to complete her studies.
SOUTH AFRICA: HIV Stigma Persists
- Inter Press Service
HIV-related stigma and discrimination remain a key concern in South Africa, despite the multitude of HIV awareness campaigns that have been launched by government and civil society organisations throughout the years, health experts say.
HEALTH-EUROPE: 'Czech Attitudes to HIV/AIDS Risky'
- Inter Press Service
Complacency and ignorance over the risks posed by HIV and AIDS are threatening to send infection rates soaring in the Czech Republic, health authorities.
ZAMBIA:: Justice Delayed Becoming Justice Denied
- Inter Press Service
Harry Mubita was tired of his wretched condition in prison. He had been in Lusaka Central Prison for more than a year, and still there was no sign that his theft case would be heard.
RIGHTS-AFRICA: Judges Address How Law Can Assist HIV Response
- Inter Press Service
In Ghana, because the stigmatisation against gay men is so great, many are forced to have sexual relationships with women to escape prejudice and homophobic violence.
POLITICS: Zimbabwe Blasted for Condoning 'Sexual Terror'
- Inter Press Service
Zimbabwe’s ruling political party has been accused of launching a 'widespread and systematic campaign of rape and sexual terror' aimed at intimidating opponents and voters in the troubled African nation, according to a new report released here.
RIGHTS - ZIMBABWE: Mugabe Orchestrated Rape - AIDS-Free World report
- Inter Press Service
'When the tenth man finished raping me they said they were going to rape my daughter. I cried out but I could not even stand up at this time...they raped my daughter (while) I was there and I couldn’t do anything to stop them. My daughter was five years old...'
RIGHTS-UGANDA: Anti-homosexuality Bill Means 'Targeted Killings'
- Inter Press Service
Uganda will be going back to the days of the Idi Amin regime if it passes a Bill which will arrest or kill people for being gay or lesbian and for repeatedly engaging in homosexual sex, say rights activists.
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