If to believe Francois Crepeau, a top notch UN official, Greece has been passing through a worst economic crisis since World War II. This has led to the birth of shocking conditions in detention centres across the nation.

Ruling party's elective conference is in Mangaung next month and just before the event, news of failure of the two provinces in meeting their nomination deadlines has come up, which the national executive committee (NEC) of the African National Congress said will decide on Monday how to handle them.

Leaders of the rebel movement who held Goma on November 20 said that they will be quitting the city by this Saturday. The information was given by the deputy spokesman of the group, Amani Kabasha to the Reuters.

It was the third and last day of a conference to discuss the HIV and AIDS pandemic that took place in the University of Cape Town. There were 300 delegates present in the meeting, which was convened by higher education HIV/Aids programme (HEAIDS).

Court hearings are going on in the murder case of a woman named as Channelle Henning. During the same, convict murderer Willem Pieterse was also called to testify his statement.

Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights Youth Index has recently released facts stating SA schools' backwardness in sex education. The findings of the index clearly showcase that youth in South Africa lag behind their counterparts in other African countries in sex education.

A number of countries across the globe have made drastic improvements in reducing HIV cases. One among them is Zambia, which has reduced the cases to 58%. Moreover, they have been able to increase the HIV treatment by 80%.

While there are consistent efforts made to rein in polio, a recent report has indicated that a lot still needs to be done. On the same lines, Microsoft founder Bill Gates' foundation joined hands with the richest man in Africa to fight against polio.