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Health | Society | Politics
Eastern DR Congo "relatively calm"

afrol News - The security situation in war-torn east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is "calm, with the recent ceasefire apparently holding," the UN's peacekeeping mission (MONUC) to the country reported today. MONUC is now patrolling the streets of war-torn Goma.

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Uganda
Science - Education | Health
Ugandan scientists discover new Ebola variety

afrol News - Ugandan and US scientists report the discovery of a new species of Ebola virus, provisionally named Bundibugyo ebolavirus, which was said to be responsible for Uganda's 2007 Ebola outbreak.

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Is the African AIDS pandemic a bluff?

afrol News - A growing number of researchers question the "official" inflated numbers of HIV/AIDS prevalence in African countries such as Botswana, South Africa and Lesotho. Poor testing, a special diagnosis of AIDS in Africa and erroneous computer-generated estimates by the UN had led to "misleading" numbers, they hold. The history of AIDS in Uganda serves as proof.

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Gender - Women | Health
Abuse of women escalates HIV infections in Africa

afrol News - Violations of women's rights escalates the rate of HIV infections throughout the continent. Sexual oppression combined with a high biological receptiveness of viral transmission, put women at risk. As a consequence, the violence against women threatens to destroy whole communities.

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