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News of Zimbabwe's declining HIV prevalence rates have been met with scepticism and confusion, particularly in view of the country's economic and political climate. Can this good news be attributed to behavioural change or skewed statistics?

Africa in Motion (AiM) will enchant audiences with screenings of more than two dozen African films from all over the continent at Filmhouse Cinema this October. The packed programme covers a variety of genres spanning six decades of filmmaking in Africa.

The RSG/Project has developed Operational Guidelines on Human Rights and Natural Disasters, in consultation with UN agencies. The UN Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) adopted them in June 2006. By publishing them, the Project hopes to assist the UN in providing the people on the front lines of disaster response with the guidance they need on how to ensure that the rights of people affected by natural disasters are better protected.

To make the best use of the promised doubling of aid to Africa, it should be distributed multilaterally, possibly by a United Nations fund "independent of political pressures", according to a report by the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD).

The International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU), the World Confederation of Labour (WCL) and the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) express their firm support for the leaders and members of the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU).

On 8 September 2006, Dodou Sanneh, a journalist working with the state-owned Gambia Radio and Television Services (GRTS), was arrested and detained at a secret location by the National Intelligence Agency (NIA) for alleged biased reporting.According to a MFWA-Gambia source, on 13 September Sanneh was released and also relieved of his post.