This is the declaration that was finally passed after a seemingly unending Ministerial in Doha. This is an important declaration that marks an significant if partial victory for developing countries.

A new resource center with accurate and up-to-date information on HIV/AIDS will be established by The Johns Hopkins University Center for Communication Programs (JHU/CCP) in Ethiopia, a country that has one of the world’s highest HIV prevalence rates.

Politicians, former rebels and civil society representatives have given the thumbs up to a new election system in Sierra Leone at a three-day national consultative meeting in the capital, Freetown.

The head of a Congolese non-governmental organization from Uvira has been detained and severely beaten by the
rebel Congolese Rally for Democracy (RCD) Human Rights Watch has said.

eMedicine.com, the publisher of the world's largest online current medical reference, announced today they will use models developed by major publishers, to determine which third world countries will get free access to their online medical reference.