Pause on U.S. Funding Spreads Fear of H.I.V. Spike Across Africa
As he does every three months, Sibusiso traveled on Wednesday morning to a clinic in the capital of Eswatini, a tiny southern African nation, to get a refill of the…
State Department Permits Distribution of H.I.V. Medications to Resume — for Now
The Trump administration on Tuesday issued a waiver for lifesaving medicines and medical services, offering a reprieve for a worldwide H.I.V. treatment program that was halted last week. The waiver,…
Mike Hynson, Surfing Star of ‘The Endless Summer,’ Dies at 82
Mike Hynson, who epitomized the image of the bronzed surf god as a star of the hit 1966 surfing documentary “The Endless Summer” and, with his outlaw instincts, embodied the…
In African Publishing, ‘There Is a Renaissance Going On’
One sector that most publishers in Africa say is rapidly growing is children’s books. Lola Shoneyin, a novelist and the publisher of Ouida Books in Nigeria, is leading a project…
Dozens of Bodies Recovered From Illegal Mine in South Africa
The South African authorities said on Tuesday that they had pulled dozens of dead miners from a shuttered gold mine where they were working illegally until a blockade during which…