allAfrica.com - Uganda: Journalists Living With HIV/Aids Establish Network

29th January 2009
Kampala — Over 8,000 people worldwide die of HIV/AIDS daily. UNAIDS estimates that there are now 33 million people living with HIV/AIDS, including 2.5million children.....
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ZimOnline - Farmers want court to order govt to uphold Tribunal ruling

28th January 2009
HARARE – A group of Zimbabwean white farmers have appealed to the country’s High Court to direct the government to uphold a ruling by a regional Tribunal that forbade seizure of their land under a controversial farm redistribution programme.....
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allAfrica.com - Botswana: Bonela Celebrates Passing of Public Service Act

16th January 2009
The Botswana Network on Ethics, Law and HIV/AIDS (BONELA) has applauded the enactment of the Public Service Act of 2008 by parliament....
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ZimOnline - SADC shielding Mugabe, say international lawyers

17th January 2009
HARARE – The International Bar Association (IBA) on Wednesday accused southern African leaders of blocking attempts by the international community to hold Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe’s government accountable for violating human rights....
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ZimOnline - Magistrate allows activists to take case to Supreme Court

21st January 2009
HARARE – A magistrate's court has allowed a jailed human rights campaigner and an opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) party activist to have their case referred to the Supreme Court.....
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Save Zimbabwe Now launched

22nd January 2009
The launch of the movement Save Zimbabwe Now was launched today, 21st January 2009, at Central Methodist Mission, Johannesburg. Speakers included:.....
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Agenda 75 - The coerced sterilisation of HIV-positive women in Namibia by Priti Patel

26th January 2009
Forced and coerced sterilisation is synonymous with a paternalistic desire to control women’s reproductive capacity. It is a practice that has always targeted the most marginalised people in society.....
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Nyasa Times - Malawi prisoners starve as govt holds funding

27th January 2009
Hundreds of lives of inmates suffering from TB and those on ARVs at Maula Prison in Lilongwe hang in the balance as they can no longer have proper meals, Nyasa Times can confirm.....
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