People living with HIV need support from family and friends to overcome stigma.
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When people living with HIV in Nigeria receive support from close friends, they are less likely to experience stigma and associated poor health outcomes.
Session plénière d'ouverture du XVe sommet des Brics à Johannesburg.
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La nature disparate des six membres potentiels ne manquera pas de susciter un débat sur la véritable nature des Brics.
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The disparate nature of the six prospective members is bound to spark debate about the real nature of Brics.
Le président Cyril Ramaphosa accueillera le 15e sommet des Brics à Johannesburg.
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Ce n'est pas le simple élargissement, mais la nature de cet élargissement qui guidera les cinq pays des BRICS dans leur décision d'admettre ou non de nouveaux membres.
China’s President Xi Jinping at the 2018 Business Forum meeting during the 10th BRICS summit in South Africa.
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The African continent is an obvious contender for courting by major powers.
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Scientists need safe spaces to understand and process “climate emotions”. Group therapy helps people find the strength and resilience to continue their important work, without harming their health.
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Women’s Day is used to draw attention to the issues women still face in South Africa.
President Cyril Ramaphosa will host the 15th BRICS Summit in Johannesburg.
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It is not mere expansion, but the character of the expansion which will guide the five Brics countries on whether they admit new members.
Degrowth will result in industrialised countries having less income for climate change mitigation
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Degrowth will make the environmental crisis worse.
Zimbabwe’s repressive new law will further erode civilian rights.
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Opposition activists have previously been accused of treason and unpatriotic behaviour for expressing concerns about human rights abuses.
Extreme poverty has seen shack settlements mushroom in South Africa.
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On the positive side, good progress has been made on gender equality and fewer people are dying of unnatural causes.
Subsidising fertiliser is costly for African governments.
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African competition authorities must investigate signs of anti-competitive conduct in fertilizer markets
Protesters in Kisumu confront police officers after Kenya’s disputed 2017 elections.
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Kenya’s inability to move past ethnic ideology has made it difficult to develop alternative bases for political organisation.
A power outage stops play during a match between two leading rugby teams in Pretoria in early June.
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Any remedies to the South African power crisis initiated now – or under development – are not going to have a significant impact this year.
Study finds that soft rather than technical skills are more effective in getting rural youth jobs.
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A mismatch between the skills employers want and what young people have is the major cause of youth unemployment in South Africa. Soft skills are key.
Refugees who crossed from Sudan to Ethiopia wait in line to register at the International Organization for Migration at Metema on May 4, 2023.
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The number of refugees leaving Sudan is particularly high because Sudan was itself host to a million refugees.
Informal trading is one way grant recipients use to supplement their income.
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As much as 31% of grant beneficiaries engage in informal work to ‘grow’ their income.
A worker leans on a collapsed pylon in Pretoria on April 12, 2023. Ageing infrastructure exacerbates the country’s energy supply crisis.
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South Africa faces the possibility of record electricity shortages and catastrophic scenarios such as a complete grid collapse.
Protesters face off with an anti-riot police officer in Nairobi, Kenya, in March 2023.
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Political protests in Kenya have become insular, sectarian, tribal and unashamedly personality driven.
A corner shop in Khayelitsha, Cape Town. Small businesses could benefit from sharing resources, like electricity.
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By sharing resources and equipment, SMEs could reduce operational costs and increase their resilience in the face of power cuts.