Brian Mcdonald

As the sun goes down in northern Uganda, the roads leading into Gulu fill up with thousands of children. According to a recent Human Rights Watch report, the Lord’s Resistance Army has abducted an estimated 5 000 children since June last year and 20 000 since the war began in 1986.

Tradition, the subservient role of females and pervasive poverty contribute to the soaring rate of HIV infection among women in sub-Saharan Africa.