Johannesburg, South Africa

The long wait is over. South Africa's HIV-positive pregnant women will now have access to medication that could further reduce the risk of...

Linda Mbiko*, a 36-year-old widow, crossed the border from Zimbabwe into South Africa, hidden in the back of a truck. She was fleeing poverty and a...

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...

The World Health Organisation (WHO) is warning of the possibility of above average malaria transmission levels in the region this season prompted by...

Industrialised countries have only paid about US$163 million towards helping the Least Developed Countries (LDCs) adapt to global warming - less...

In her bright orange clothing, South African Riana Jacobs, 31, stands out from the crowd at the recent International Consultation on Islam and...

Dr Assan Jaye is one of Three Recipients Honored in Johannesburg on World AIDS Day – 30th November 2007. The Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS...

In little more than a week South Africa's ruling party, the African National Congress (ANC), will elect new leaders - a choice likely to decide who...

To most Westerners, a fatwa, or Islamic ruling, evokes the imposition of a death sentence on author Salman Rushdie and the wearing of head-to-toe...

Industrialised countries can earn greenhouse gas emission reduction credits by investing in projects that lower emission levels in developing...