Ghana's President John Atta Mills died unexpectedly Tuesday after being rushed to the hospital Monday night. The 68-year-old leader's death was reported to be "sudden and untimely" in the statement signed by presidential chief of staff John Henry Martey Newman. Vice president, John Dramani Mahama was sworn into office late Tuesday, making him the fourth president of [...]

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I don't think it's an overstatement to say that Secretary Clinton electrified the AIDS 2012 audience with her keynote address yesterday. Her speech was a perfect combination of substance and inspiration, and the enthusiastic reception made it clear that she had hit all the right notes.

Last November, of course, she articulated the goal, made possible by recent scientific advances, of an AIDS-free generation. This laid the groundwork for Presiden Obama's pathbreaking announcement on World AIDS Day of ambitious new combination prevention goals for PEPFAR, including a 50 percent increase in our treatment goal, to 6 million by the end of fiscal year 2013.

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On Sunday, July 22, at the International AIDS Conference, several organizations - the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation, mothers2mothers (m2m), and Johnson & Johnson - presented on "Eliminating Pediatric AIDS and Keeping Mothers Alive from an Implementation Perspective - Best Practices, Programmatic Barriers, and Bottlenecks in the Field." These implementing partners, working in 10 high-burden countries, highlighted some of the programmatic challenges and exciting innovations in the areas of: building capacity for country ownership, supporting continuity of care, creating demand and increasing uptake, and using data for program improvement.

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By Mpundu Mukanga (PhD)

In the previous article (Part 3), I explicitly stated that should major world powers fail to come to a comprehensive and binding resolution on Syria the only logical conclusion for the country would be an escalation of violence culminating in a brutal civil war. Since then diplomatic efforts have all but failed and Syria in on a dangerous path to an all-out internal armed conflict.

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As the Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism and the child of a Holocaust survivor, I have found that the lessons of World War II and the Holocaust greatly influence my professional and personal life.

During my trip to Germany and Poland, I have reflected on those lessons while visiting the towns in which my father and family members lived -- and died. After an incredible time in Mannheim, Germany, where my father -- who had been a rabbi there before World War II -- was honored, my sister and I went to Poland to see how my father and his family lived. I know how they died.

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The worlds of technologists and journalists are coming together, as reporting goes digital and Internet companies becomes media empires. Journalists call themselves "hacks", someone who can churn out words in any situation. Hackers use the digital equivalent of duct tape to whip out code.Hacker-journalists try to bridge these two worlds. But not all hacks can be [...]

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In Monday's celebrity-filled AIDS 2012 plenary session, entitled "Ending the Epidemic: Turning the Tide Together," much of the technical information came in Dr. Anthony Fauci's presentation of the epidemiologic and research data that are the basis for the optimistic projections of an "AIDS-free generation" to come.

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As AIDS 2012 unfolds this week in Washington, D.C., activist demonstrations will take place both inside and outside of the convention center. On Sunday, July 22, shortly before the opening plenary of AIDS 2012, the "Keep the Promise" march and rally was launched at the Washington Monument with an estimated 1,000 participants. Speakers pressed for stronger political commitment and more financial resources, along with bringing back the "anger of the '80's and '90's" among AIDS activists. "Keep the Promise" was organized by the AIDS Healthcare Foundation and was not officially affiliated with the International AIDS Society, secretariat to AIDS 2012.

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In a rousing address to the AIDS 2012 conference on Monday, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton opened with "five words we have not be able to say for too long: welcome to the United States!" She then proceeded to dazzle the crowd with her passionate command of the issues and her direct discussion of many of the most fundamental and sensitive issues surrounding the HIV/AIDS response. If this is to be her legacy speech on HIV/AIDS, she will surely have left her mark.

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From Celebrating Igbo People:

Paul started his professional acting career at the age of 16, as an extra in Harry potter and the Goblet of Fire. He went on to study performing arts at NewVic college, also joining east London's Theatre Royal putting on performances such as Conflictions.

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