Geneva - Carla Bruni-Sarkozy will visit AIDS programmes in Burkina Faso on Wednesday, during her first trip as Global Ambassador for the protection of mothers and children against AIDS.
She received the position from the Global Fund last December, on World AIDS Day.
Nicolas Demey, a spokesman for the organization, said it was financing almost 45 million dollars worth of projects in the African nation, where 130,000 people are living with HIV or AIDS.
The fund is a mechanism for raising money to fight HIV, tuberculosis and malaria and has close ties to the United Nations.
Nairobi/Addis Ababa - The African Union (AU) extended its three-day summit after it failed to reach a consensus on newly elected chairman Muammar Gaddafi's plans for a "United States of Africa."
Leaders talked into Tuesday night at a summit in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, but failed to reach a consensus.
The Libyan leader wants countries to integrate to better help the continent develop, but many nations, such as the economic powerhouse South Africa, see little point in the union.
Johannesburg - South Africa's ruling African National Congress (ANC) on Tuesday attempted to soothe fears over rising political violence in the run-up to elections, saying it predicted a peaceful ballot.
"We are going to have a peaceful election, I can predict that," ANC Secretary General Gwede Mantashe was quoted by the South African Press Association (SAPA) as telling reporters after a weekend of attacks on politicians that left at least nine injured.
Nairobi/Khartoum - The chief conflict mediator for a joint United Nations-African Union mission in Sudan's restive Darfur province warned Thursday that a recent upsurge in fighting is undermining the chances of peace.
The UN says more than 9,000 people have fled their homes in south Darfur in recent weeks as Sudanese government aircraft bombed rebel positions and ground battles raged between the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) and government forces.
Johannesburg - International rights watchdog, Human Rights Watch, on Thursday, said it was "way past time" for the African Union to intervene in Zimbabwe's political and economic crises.
New York-based HRW made the appeal on the eve of an AU summit beginning in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on Monday.
On Monday, southern African leaders will also be holding their third crisis summit on Zimbabwe in under a year.
Geneva - Carla Bruni-Sarkozy will visit AIDS programmes in Burkina Faso on Wednesday, during her first trip as Global Ambassador for the protection of mothers and children against AIDS.
Nairobi/Addis Ababa - The African Union (AU) extended its three-day summit after it failed to reach a consensus on newly elected chairman Muammar Gaddafi's plans for a "United States of Africa."
Johannesburg - South Africa's ruling African National Congress (ANC) on Tuesday attempted to soothe fears over rising political violence in the run-up to elections, saying it predicted a peaceful ballot.
Nairobi/Khartoum - The chief conflict mediator for a joint United Nations-African Union mission in Sudan's restive Darfur province warned Thursday that a recent upsurge in fighting is undermining the chances of peace.
Nairobi/Bamako - Four Europe
Johannesburg - International rights watchdog, Human Rights Watch, on Thursday, said it was "way past time" for the African Union to intervene in Zimbabwe's political and economic crises.
