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Brutal murder of three lesbians is a shock to the constitutional promise of equal protection in South Africa, according to Human Rights Watch.

Women in Zimbabwe are forced to use dirty newspapers and rags instead of tampons as just one pack of sanitary pads costs more than half the average monthly wage in the impoverished Southern African nation, according to charity groups working in the region.

The Catholic Church in Kenya expressed its opposition to the use of condoms to fight HIV/AIDS citing that sexual intercourse is only for married couples, and it is not right to use protection.

Popular pressure and fears of a global boycott forced Starbucks to sign an agreement with the Ethiopian government regarding the distribution, marketing and licensing of Ethiopia’s specialty coffee designations.

President Bush today appointed a top industry lobbyist who lobbied on behalf of America's biggest businesses and interest groups as his counselor, replacing Dan Bartlett who left the White House recently.

China today defended Sudan's conduct over the issue of Darfur genocide, on the grounds that the Sudanese government has declared a two-month cease-fire period and criticised US President Bush for imposing sanctions on the African nation arguing that too much pressure will not be helpful for the settlement of the issue.

Discriminatory beliefs against women are linked to the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Africa, according to a study released today by Physicians for Human Rights (PHR).

An Egyption court today convicted and sentenced a blogger to four years in prison for for his writings, which human rights groups described as setting a chilling precedent threatening a window of free speech that has emerged on the Internet.

Americans are more scientifically literate than Europeans or Japanese, but 70 percent of them cannot understand the New York Times science section, according to Michigan State University researcher.

South Africa today launched the first large-scale study to evaluate a candidate HIV vaccine on the African continent, as part of a collaboration between researchers from the AIDS-ravaged country and United States, but critics claim that tainted vaccine manufacturer Merck would be benefiting from the exercise.