KWAZULU NATAL, 9 February 2010 (Defenceweb) - Global attention is turning away from the AIDS epidemic at just the wrong time and that means a fresh wave of the disease could infect millions of people in high-risk countries, a leading expert said.

WINDHOEK, 9 February 2010 (New Era) - For the next five years, the health sector has set its target to become the leading public provider of quality health and social welfare services in Africa.

GABORONE, 9 February 2010 (Afrol News) - The World Bank has awarded P1 million (about $100,000) to Botswana artists for the project aimed at encouraging behavioural change among youth and adults in Francistown. The young artists had submitted a funding proposal through the National AIDS Coordinating Agency last year.

LONDON, 5 February 2010 (BBC) - US President Barack Obama has criticised as "odious" proposed anti-homosexuality legislation in Uganda. The bill calls for long jail terms or the death penalty in some cases of homosexual intercourse.

Population Reference Bureau - (February 2010) An estimated 100 million to 140 million girls and women worldwide have undergone female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) and more than 3 million girls are at risk for cutting each year on the African continent alone. FGM/C is generally performed on girls between ages 4 and 12, although it is practiced in some cultures as early as a few days after birth or as late as just prior to marriage. FGM/C poses serious physical and mental health risks for women and young girls.

JOHANNESBURG, 5 February 2010 (allAfrica.com) - President Jacob Zuma yesterday broke his silence and acknowledged having a relationship and fathering a child with Sonono Khoza, the daughter of his friend, Irvin Khoza, who is also chairman of Orlando Pirates Football Club and the 2010 local organising committee.