The number of deaths from these diseases has halved over the last decade, but they are nowhere near to being eradicated, say Rémy Rioux and Peter Sands.

Rock giants U2 are to give away a new song — in a move which is expected to generate more than €1m — to help the fight against Aids.

UP to two-thirds of a €16bn development fund into which charities such as Bono’s Product Red contribute is being eaten up through corruption, it has been claimed.

THE revelation that the UK has made a further £20m cut in aid to Uganda for its 2006-07 budget highlights the need for the Irish Government to revise its aid policy to this corrupt country.

THE president of Uganda, Yoweri Museveni, a great friend of the Irish Government, is attempting to make himself president for a third time.