Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today welcomed the progress achieved by the Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot leaders in their United Nations-backed reunification talks and encouraged them to continue working towards a solution that takes into account the legitimate rights and concerns of both sides. [Read More]
KIGALI Wednesday, March 31, 2010 (IRIN) – As the East African Community (EAC) becomes more integrated, countries in the region are developing a common HIV Prevention and Management Bill that will establish minimum standards for HIV services in the five states – Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda. [Read More]
BUJUMBURA Wednesday, March 31, 2010 (IRIN) – Daphrose Mpawenimana, 59, voluntarily returned to Burundi in 2005 from Rwanda, where she had lived for years as a refugee, as the country was embarking on peace after years of civil war. [Read More]
KYAKA II Tuesday, March 30, 2010 (IRIN) – Florence Karungi, 30, fled rebel violence near her home in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in 2006 and has lived with her three children at Kyaka II Refugee Camp in southwestern Uganda ever since. When she became pregnant in 2009, she found out she was HIV-positive. [Read More]
NAIROBI Wednesday, March 31, 2010 (IRIN) – Smarting from two consecutive Global Fund rejections and declining donor interest, the Kenyan government is considering ways to fund its own national treatment programme. [Read More]
