Mark Curtis (from War on Want in London) explains the the true reasons behind Anglo American Corporation’s latest and healthy balance statement.
Gregg Gonsalves of the AIDS and Rights Alliance for Southern Africa in Cape Town (he used to work at the Gay Men’s Health Crisis in New York City), South Africa, challenges William Easterly and the new “consensus” on HIV/AIDS treatment and activism. This follows Easterly’s review of Helen Epstein’s new book, The Invisible Cure: Africa, the West and the Fight Against AIDS, in the New York Review of Books. (Gonsalves also takes on Kevin DeCock of the WHO, Alex de Waal and Epstein).
Michael Wines, the New York Times’ Johannesburg correspondent tells us something obvious about Zimbabwe: those controlling the state is getting richer.
How not to write about AIDS in Africa: we bring you the travel diaries of Kate Edwards in Marie Claire.
