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With the next attempts expected to be years away, top researchers now say there is a ‘void’ or a ‘gap’ in current clinical-trial efforts to test whether a vaccine is safe and effective, according to the HIV Vaccine Trials Network

The UNSC hears that the fragility of many African countries make them vulnerable to conflicts and instability

MISA calls on the managing editor of Swaziland's only independent newspaper group to resign because he is too close to King Mswati III

South Africa’s population has increased by more than one million people since the 2011 census, says Stats SA

Activists criticise Lesotho ruling court ruling which upholds a law that bars princesses from succeeding their fathers as traditional chiefs

The Pan-African Parliament makes a declaration on press freedom in Africa during a session in Midrand

Equal Education gives Basic Education Minister until close of business on 17 May 2013 to agree to a month's extension to publish the norms and standards plan