UN Security Council seriously concerned about rebel leader delaying return to South Sudan
The United Nations Security Council is seriously concerned about the failure of South Sudanese rebel leader Riek Machar to return to Juba to take up his old post as deputy to President Salva Kiir as part of a peace deal. A rebel spokesman says logistical reasons have delayed his travel. ends into UN peacekeeping chief […]
Kenyan parliament passes anti doping law to stop sports cheats
Kenya’s passed a new anti-doping law that could allow it to compete at the Rio Olympic Games later this year. The East African athletics power’s already missed two deadlines set by the World Anti-Doping Agency to show it was tackling cheating in sport. ends intro The new law provides for dopers to be fined and […]
Don’t overlook West and Central Africa in fight against HIV
A medical watchdog and activist group warns that globally agreed goals to curb the HIV epidemic by 2020 will not be met unless the HIV response is drastically accelerated in West and Central Africa. It follows a detailed study in Guinea, the Central African Republic and the Democratic Republic of Congo where, the organisation says, […]