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GUINEA-BISSAU: Testing without treatment: an island's dilemma

PlusNews

Thursday, January 10, 2008

Saico Djau is a very frustrated laboratory technician and HIV counsellor. After testing people for HIV and informing them of their status there is...

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Bumper harvest in South Kombo

africa » gambia » kombo south

Wednesday, January 09, 2008

The women of the southern villages of Medina Salaam and Berending are looking forward to a successful harvest once again, thanks to support from a...

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SWAZILAND: Risky business: report sheds new light on sex trade

africa » swaziland

PlusNews

Tuesday, January 08, 2008

Not much has been known about sex workers in Swaziland, but a recent report has begun to shed some light on the sex industry in a country with the...

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WOMEN'S WEEKLY-Women, what do you need for your 2008?

africa » gambia

Friday, January 04, 2008

2008 greetings to all our women readers (and to the brothers who are interested readers of Women’s Weekly) New year blessings to you all.Well what...

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AFRICA: Odds stacked against HIV-positive Muslim women

africa » south africa » johannesburg

PlusNews

Friday, January 04, 2008

Over a five-year period, Indonesian Heldina Irayanti, 28, was in and out of drug rehabilitation clinics more times than she can remember. But there...

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KENYA: Rape on the rise in post-election violence

africa » kenya » nairobi

IRIN

Friday, January 04, 2008

Amid the violence that engulfed several residential areas of the Kenyan capital following the declaration of controversial results of the...

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LOVE LINES-Reason for failure in some marriages

africa » gambia » banjulingding

Friday, December 28, 2007

So many people say marriage is like going to a restaurant and a bar; you order what you desire, after you see what the other person is getting and...

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Beatrice Allen: National Sporting Association Should Create Female Committees

africa » gambia » bakau

The Point

Friday, December 28, 2007

Beatrice Allen, first Vice President of The Gambia National Olympic Committee, has called on national sporting Association to include Female...

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ZAMBIA: Thinking of legal protection for women

africa » zambia » lusaka

IRIN

Friday, December 21, 2007

The high level of gender-based violence in Zambia is preventing many women from accessing HIV/AIDS services, according to a new report by global...

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NIGER: Why are so many mothers dying?

africa » niger » niamey

IRIN

Tuesday, December 18, 2007

Every two hours in Niger a woman will die during her pregnancy or while delivering a baby - a symptom of under-resourced health services, neglected...

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