Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni, after receiving an award for the government's HIV/AIDS campaign, announced on Sunday that because Uganda "has no homosexuals," HIV is not spread through homosexual contact there, the Associated Press reports.

Trade union MWU-Solidarity on Tuesday welcomed three more labour unions into its ranks, a move that made it the biggest independent labour union in South Africa, MWU-Solidarity said.

Organizers of an ambitious new drive to control the parasitic carrier of sleeping sickness--which has turned vast swathes of Africa into an uninhabited desert--are worried that funds will not reach the estimated US$5-10 billion needed for eradication.

The Charter of Rights was developed by Migrant Domestic Workers in a series of workshops organised by RESPECT in Belgium, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Spain and the UK. Besides reflecting the experiences of migrant domestic workers including the violations of their rights in Europe, the Charter also reflects the demand for recognition of "domestic" work as "proper" work. More information about the Charter and to endorse it online can be found on the December 18 website.

This handbook is a reference manual for employers and their organisations to implement policies and programs in accordance with the International Labour Organization. An additional purpose of this guide is to raise awareness of current initiatives to eliminate exploitative child labour as mandated by the Resolution on Child Labour in 1996.