Strife-torn Zimbabwe plagued by one of world's worst AIDS crises ***Many AIDS professionals, too frightened to let their names be used, accused President Robert Mugabe's government of being too distracted by its farm seizures and its political battles to deal with the crisis.***
FAMINE - With planning, less corruption, African hunger avoidable*** The hunger now sweeping southern Africa should make the well-fed but sympathetic elsewhere more than simply sorrowful. It should arouse their anger. It's another disaster in Africa that could have been severely mitigated or altogether avoided. ***