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Lovelines: It is sad, I am pregnant for my husband’s half-brother

Friday, February 15, 2008

LovelinesI got married after completed my grade 12. But ever since then I never one day treated as a woman by my husband.Each time I try to make love...

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SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE: Something pretty because they are special

africa » sao tome principe

PlusNews

Friday, February 08, 2008

Night falls early along the equator. When darkness creeps across the bay of Santa Ana and sets over the town of Sao Tome, the girls appear in twos or...

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SUDAN: Awareness-raising takes a softly-softly approach

africa » sudan

PlusNews

Friday, January 11, 2008

In a market square just outside the town of Kassala, near the border with Eritrea in eastern Sudan, every plastic chair is filled and there is...

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How many contacts should we have?

africa » gambia

Friday, January 04, 2008

Lovelines,Please can you explain to me how many contacts a woman should have with a man before getting her pregnant, and how many times in a...

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Sex in marriage is not a taboo

africa » gambia

Friday, December 28, 2007

Last week I received about four mails, which are of similar issues. I will not be able to address each separately on this column because of space...

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SOUTH AFRICA: When microbicide trials go wrong - Part 2

africa » south africa » durban

PlusNews

Wednesday, October 24, 2007

It's an overcast Thursday morning in the port city of Durban, on South Africa's east coast, and some of the former participants in a microbicide...

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UGANDA: Traditional ways could be a tool against HIV

africa » uganda » kitgum

IRIN

Tuesday, October 02, 2007

The lyrics of the latest Acholi pop songs are a lament: they mourn the loss of "values" in northern Uganda after a two-decade civil war that has...

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UGANDA: Campaigning against cross-generational sex

africa » uganda

PlusNews

Tuesday, September 11, 2007

In most of Uganda, as in many parts of the world, it is acceptable for a man to be several years older than his partner or wife, so when Population...

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KENYA: Slow response to high HIV rates in prisons

africa » kenya » nairobi

PlusNews

Tuesday, September 04, 2007

The problem of HIV in Kenya's prisons - where prevalence is about twice the national average - will remain unsolved as long as homosexuality is...

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VYCA organises Bantaba

africa » gambia » kanifing

The Daily Observer Newspaper

Friday, August 31, 2007

The Voice of the Young Children’s Association (VYCA), The Gambia, last Friday organised its 2nd annual bantaba, to discuss issues affecting children...

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