Tafi Murinzi

The government calls the operation "Murambatsvina", a Shona word meaning "to drive out rubbish". But, on the city streets where the campaign has been carried out, people describe it as Zimbabwe’s own "tsunami": a razing of informal settlements and markets that has left thousands homeless and jobless.

Age offers little protection against Aids — children are often the disease’s unwitting victims. Yet for the young ones in Southern Africa, treatment is only just beginning. But the long-term health implications are still largely unknown while lack of child-specific dosages presents another major challenge.