"Circumcision Protects Men Against HIV Infection"

South Africa Urged to Stop Abusing Eviction
The South African government faces a dilemma. It has to evict people living in unacceptable housing conditions because of health and security risks, yet it is unable to provide enough adequate alternative accommodation - due to the backlog in low cost housing projects.

Circumcision Protects Men Against HIV Infection
Male circumcision greatly lowers the risk of female-to-male transmission of HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, says a French study.

The study of more than 3,000 young men in South Africa found that circumcision reduced the risk of men contracting HIV during intercourse with infected women by about 65 percent, the Associated Press reported.

Niger is just one island in Africa's sea of problems
Desmond Tutu wonders why we wait for heart-rending images of children dying before we act

U.S. strategic interests rise in West Africa's oil-rich Gulf of Guinea
SAO TOME, Sao Tome and Principe – Far from home, a U.S. Coast Guard cutter plows its white bow through the seas of West Africa's Gulf of Guinea, where an oil boom could outpace Persian Gulf exports to America in a decade.

Africa sends UN Council plans back to drawing board

Africa faces difficulties in securing UN seats
"Unless our decision is to prevent any decision -and I hope not - if that happens, let us be under no illusion, Africa stands to lose more than any other region." This was the warning from president Olusegun Obasanjo, the African Union (AU) chairperson, when opening the extra-ordinary Summit of Heads of State in Addis Ababa Ethiopia last week.