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Nkosi Johnson died in June this year, aged 12. In sub-Saharan Africa, where 28 million people have HIV/AIDS, his brand of candor remains rare. But thanks in part to the dying boy's speech, more people have begun to speak about AIDS rather than hide from it. This year the cacophony of South Africans questioning their government's AIDS policies - and President Thabo Mbeki's odd reluctance to accept the link between HIV and AIDS - grew louder. Across the continent groups began demanding cheaper or free antiretroviral drugs. "Nkosi made a lot of adults think, ?Well, if this little...
...Nkosi Johnson died in June this year, aged 12. In sub-Saharan Africa, where 28 million people have HIV/AIDS, his brand of candor remains rare. But thanks in part to the dying boy's speech, more people have begun to speak about AIDS rather than hide from it. This year the cacophony of South Africans questioning their government's AIDS policies?and President Thabo Mbeki's odd reluctance to accept the link between HIV and AIDS?grew louder. Across the continent groups began demanding cheaper or free antiretroviral drugs. "Nkosi made a lot of adults think, 'Well, if this little...
Female circumcision, also called female genital mutilation, is another case in point. It involves removing part or all of a girl's clitoris and labia in an effort to reduce female sexual desire and thereby preserve chastity. FGM is widespread in sub-Saharan Africa and in Egypt, with scattered cases in Asia and other parts of the Middle East. The World Health Organization estimates that up to 140 million girls and women have undergone the procedure. Some Muslims believe it is mandated by Islam, but the practice predates Muhammad and is also common among some Christian communities...
...World Health Organization estimates more than 100 million women worldwide have been circumcised - that is, had part or all of their clitoris, labia or vulva cut out. The practice, now commonly called female genital mutilation (FGM), is most widespread in sub-Saharan Africa, especially in the Horn of Africa, where up to 98% of girls are circumcised, and in Islamic populations in the continent's west. It is also found in Christian countries like Ethiopia and Kenya...
...eight sub- Saharan African nations including Ghana, Ivory Coast, Kenya and Senegal have passed legislation or announced presidential decrees banning FGM. Africa's courts are also getting tougher. In a historic ruling last December, a Kenyan court issued an order preventing a father from forcing his daughters, aged 15 and 17, to undergo circumcision. Women's groups across Africa applauded the ruling...