World AIDS Day: Zimbabwe, S.Africa claim some success in fight against HIV

After Zimbabwe last month became the first African country to approve the use of the injectable HIV prevention drug known as cabotegravir or CAB-LA, many in the country are eager for the drug to become available. Before Zimbabwe, the United States approved the drug in December 2021, and Australia in August 2022. In 1999, Zimbabwe […]

Coup scare in Guinea-Bissau: order restored after overnight clashes, heavy gunfire in the capital

Guinea-Bissau’s army announced on Friday (1 December) it had detained the leader of a group of security forces involved in overnight clashes in the capital, during which the latter tried to free a detained opposition minister and a senior state official. Order has been restored in the area near Guinea-Bissau’s presidential palace following an overnight […]

Libya: US accuses Russia of backing Khalifa Haftar with warplanes

Washington has accused Russia of covertly deploying at least 14 fighter jets to Libya last week to back the self-proclaimed Libyan National Army of east-based renegade commander Khalifa Haftar in his campaign to oust the government from Tripoli and the Russian state-sponsored private military contractors (PMCs) operating on the ground in Libya. In a statement […]