Sudan threatens HIV/AIDS tests on Nigerian troops in Darfur
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KHARTOUM, Oct 29  - Sudan has given a contingent of Nigerian troops in Darfur until Saturday to produce certificates proving they are not infected with the HIV virus or undergo screening, the official SUNA news agency reported Friday.
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UNITED NATIONS - The African Union communicated to the UN Thursday its decision to send an expanded force of troops and police with a broad mandate to protect aid workers, monitors and civilians in Sudanâs strife-torn Darfur region.
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Couples in Singapore may face mandatory HIV tests before marrying, Singapore media report, a week after the government said all pregnant women would be screened for HIV/AIDS to stem a rise in new infections.
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Singapore, facing a rise in AIDS  cases, is considering making it compulsory for pregnant women  to be screened for HIV/AIDS, an official said on Saturday.
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Â· Iraq and Afghanistan casualties to get HIV tests  Â· Poor record keeping at US field hospitals blamed
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The European Union is to threaten sanctions against Sudan&#39;s government for failing to stop &quot;massive and severe&quot; human rights abuses by Arab militia against African villagers in Darfur.
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A group of Nigerian troops is headed to the war-torn Darfur region of western Sudan. Cathy Majtenyi reports from VOA&#39;s East African Bureau in Nairobi.
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A HOSPITAL has taken two years to tell hundreds of former patients they may be at risk of HIV or hepatitis. The Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital in London suspended a test in 2002 for fear it could spread deadly blood viruses.
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The African Union plans to send more   troops into Sudan to reinforce its extended peacekeeping   mission in war-ravaged Darfur, an AU spokesman said on Sunday.
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KHARTOUM, Sudan -- The government yesterday scorned Western threats to use sanctions and no-fly zones to pressure Sudan into accepting UN peacekeepers in Darfur, saying harsh measures would not end the violence there.
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Security Council members slammed as &quot;inappropriate&quot; and &quot;offensive&quot; Sudan's warning to fellow African and Arab countries that contributing troops to a proposed UN force for war-torn Darfur would be seen as &quot;hostile act&quot;.
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Nigeria sent over 100 troops to Sudan&#39;s troubled Darfur region on Monday, its contribution to a joint force with Rwanda protecting African Union cease-fire observers.
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A U.N. human rights mission accused Sudan's government on Monday of orchestrating and taking part in gross violations in Darfur and called for urgent international action to protect civilians there.
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Doctors and AIDS activists in Africa are worried governments may halt use of an AIDS drug that has protected thousands of babies from HIV infection in reaction to concerns about the drug's testing and effect on pregnant women.
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Sudan said on Monday it would allow   African troops to remain in Darfur only under African Union   control and accused Washington of attempting "regime change" in   Khartoum by trying to bring in a U.N. force.
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Doctors and AIDS activists in Africa are worried governments may halt use of an HIV antiretroviral drug that has protected thousands of babies from HIV infection in reaction to new concerns about the drug&#39;s testing and effect on pregnant women.
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KHARTOUM, Sudan -- The African Union said yesterday it will send more peacekeeping troops to Sudan's Darfur region and toughen the soldiers' role in protecting civilians while the international community pressures the Sudanese government to allow a UN military force.