The South African government has expanded its AIDS program to allow people who have the HIV virus to start antiretroviral treatment earlier. South Africa’s Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe says all HIV patients will be put on life-saving antiretroviral drugs when their white blood cell level, known as their CD4 count, drops to 350. Previously, state […]
Al-Shabab Vows to Use Guerilla Tactics in Somalia
Posted August 12th, 2011 at 1:50 pm (UTC-5)
Somalia’s militant group al-Shabab says it will use guerilla tactics in the capital, Mogadishu, where a massive new shipment of foreign aid has just arrived in the famine-hit country. In an interview aired on London’s Somali Channel on Friday, al-Shabab leader Sheik Hassan Dahir Aweys said the group will use the new strategy because it […]
UN Warns Cholera Epidemic Spreading in Somalia
Posted August 12th, 2011 at 10:15 am (UTC-5)
The United Nations says Somalia is facing a cholera epidemic as people in the famine-hit country migrate in search of food and water. Dr. Michel Yao, a public health advisor for the World Health Organization, says cholera cases among the refugee population in the capital, Mogadishu have risen sharply. He blames the outbreak on unsanitary […]
US Gives Additional $17 Million in Famine Aid
Posted August 12th, 2011 at 5:00 am (UTC-5)
The United States has announced an additional $17 million in funding to help Horn of Africa nations deal with drought and famine. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Thursday $12 million of the aid would go to Somalia, the country worst hit by the drought. The United States has so far given $580 million in […]
US Gives Additional $17 Million in Famine Aid
Posted August 11th, 2011 at 1:00 pm (UTC-5)
The United States has announced an additional $17 million in funding to help Horn of Africa nations deal with regional drought and famine. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced Thursday that $12 million of the aid would go to Somalia which has been worst hit by the drought. The United States has so far given […]
South Africa Set to Introduce National Health Insurance Plan
Posted August 11th, 2011 at 11:05 am (UTC-5)
South Africa’s government is set to propose a national health insurance plan aimed at improving health care services for the poor. Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi says the goal of the plan, known as NHI, is to ensure that everyone in the country receives essential healthcare, regardless of their employment status or ability to make a […]
UN: Flow of Somalis Into Kenya Rising
Posted August 11th, 2011 at 12:05 am (UTC-5)
The United Nations is warning that the famine in East Africa has not yet peaked and says Somali refugees are pouring into Kenya despite efforts to alleviate famine conditions. The U.N. humanitarian affairs office says during the first week in August, an average of 1,500 Somalis arrived each day at the Dadaab refugee camps in […]
UN: Flow of Somalis Into Kenya Rising
Posted August 10th, 2011 at 8:40 pm (UTC-5)
The United Nations is warning that the famine in East Africa has not yet peaked and says Somali refugees are still pouring into Kenya despite efforts to alleviate famine conditions. The U.N. humanitarian affairs office says that during the first week of August an average of 1,500 Somalis arrived each day at the Dadaab refugee […]
Notorious South African Bank Robber Escapes Again
Posted August 10th, 2011 at 10:25 am (UTC-5)
South African officials say one of the country’s most wanted criminals has escaped from police custody, apparently by simply walking out of a courthouse. Officials say Bongani Moyo, who has been linked to some 35 bank robberies, disappeared from a Pretoria courthouse before a hearing Wednesday. Moyo had previously escaped from prison and was arrested […]
UN: Flow of Somalis Into Kenya Rising
Posted August 10th, 2011 at 8:05 am (UTC-5)
The United Nations says Somali refugees are still pouring into Kenya despite efforts to alleviate drought and famine conditions in southern Somalia. The U.N. humanitarian affairs office says that during the first week in August, an average of 1,500 Somalis arrived each day at the Dadaab refugee camps in northern Kenya. That number was up […]
