NAIROBI, 15 March (PLUSNEWS) - Somalia's Transitional Federal Government on Tuesday launched a commission to coordinate HIV/AIDS activities in the central and southern regions of the war-scarred Horn of Africa nation. Full report

MWADUI, 14 March (PLUSNEWS) - Tanzania's Williamson Diamonds Limited (WDL), located in Mwadui, some 800 km north of the commercial capital, Dar es Salaam, will start providing antiretroviral therapy to employees, their families and people living in the surrounding villages this week. Full report

YAOUNDE, 13 March (PLUSNEWS) - Teenage pregnancy is a growing concern in Cameroon, where young people make up most of the 5.5 percent of the population living with HIV, according to the National Network of the Associations of Aunties (Réseau national des associations de tantines - RENATA). Full report

NZEREKORE, 10 March (PLUSNEWS) - Donors and the government have launched another HIV/AIDS programme in the forest region of south-eastern Guinea, the region with the highest infection rate in the country, but HIV-positive residents are still struggling to access anti-AIDS medication. Full report

LUSAKA, 8 March (PLUSNEWS) - When fish are scarce in the Kafue Flats wetlands of south-central Zambia, and competition between fish traders is high, fish for sex deals between the female traders and fishermen are often a means of survival for the women, but this form of transactional sex comes at a price. Full report

JOHANNESBURG, 8 March (PLUSNEWS) - The rising number of women living with HIV/AIDS globally is directly related to the abuse of women's rights, South African activists said on Wednesday as International Women's Day was commemorated. Full report

JOHANNESBURG, 15 March (PLUSNEWS) - Southern Africa needs new measures to combat the impact of HIV/AIDS on agriculture and food security, Zimbabwean Agriculture Deputy Minister, Sylvester Nguni has said. Full report

JOHANNESBURG, 15 March (PLUSNEWS) - The US is to give a further $150 million towards the development of Zambia's health infrastructure and other HIV/AIDS-related activities. Full report

JOHANNESBURG, 15 March (PLUSNEWS) - Nigeria has more than doubled its number of free antiretroviral (ARV) treatment facilities, the National Action Committee on AIDS (NACA) said on Tuesday. Full report

JOHANNESBURG, 15 March (PLUSNEWS) - Prisons in Southern African are battling HIV/AIDS and food shortages as a result of overcrowding and inadequate resources, according to Zambian Prison Services Commissioner Jethro Mumbuwa. Full report

JOHANNESBURG, 14 March (PLUSNEWS) - A new partnership announced in Washington on Monday aims to reduce barriers to treatment for HIV-positive children in developing countries. Full report

JOHANNESBURG, 14 March (PLUSNEWS) - The Global Fund on HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria has lifted its three-month suspension of providing free antiretroviral (ARV) drugs in Swaziland. Full report