There are South African children dying quietly in their homes of Aids and other diseases without their births ever being registered, says Unicef's South African representative, Macharia Kamau...

The worsening humanitarian situation in Zimbabwe is making children more vulnerable to abuse, according to child rights NGOs.

Gordon Brown is right to say "We will be judged on how we deliver the resources to prove that making poverty history was not a passing fashion", but the government appears to be intent on failing its first test of 2006

Botswana has announced the reintroduction of fees in its state secondary schools after more than 20 years of free education. Meanwhile there are concerns in South Africa that the governement is not doing enough to provide free schools for the poorest children.

Thousands of nurses and midwives are still being hired from the world's poorest countries to work in the UK in spite of government attempts to restrict recruitment by private agencies, the Guardian revealed.

On Monday 28th November 2005, Chancellor Gordon Brown hosted HOPEHIV’s launch of generationAFRICA at 11 Downing Street, London.

Thursday 1 December is World AIDS day.

The government of Lesotho is to offer free HIV testing to all its citizens in a bid to reverse the spread of Aids...

UN charity Unicef says 18 million children in sub-Saharan Africa could be orphaned by Aids by the end of 2010...

New research appears to show that the HIV virus is weakening over time. However some other studies claim it is becoming more drug resistant.