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American company behind HIV prevention drug criticised for excluding sub-Saharan manufacturers

6 November 2025 by Pascalinah Kabi Est. Read Time: 4m Listen to this article: South African National AIDS Council chief executive officer, Dr. Thembisile Xulu, has denounced the American biopharmaceutical company behind the HIV prevention drug lenacapavir (LEN) for shutting out sub-Saharan manufacturers — even after the region played a [...]

15-Year-Old Girl in Thaba-Tseka Forced into Marriage After Sneaking Out to See Boyfriend

13 October 2025 by Limpho Sello Est. Read: 8m Listen to this article: A shy yet confident voice fills the air, serenading a group of journalists documenting the devastating impacts of child marriage in Lesotho — a southern African nation of crisscrossed brown mountains that conceal both beauty and pain. [...]