When GlaxoSmithKline announced a series of initiatives to improve access to drugs in least-developed countries, its most radical proposal was for a “patent pool” to generate research into neglected diseases. Meanwhile, Unitaid was designing its own pool, focused on AIDS research. In Nairobi Xan Rice looks at progress on the two pools and GSK’s other proposals
14 Jul 10 Comments (1)
Amid preparations for Sudan’s controversial election last month, Xan Rice met a Sudanese man from Sydney who was looking well beyond election day
06 May 10 Comments (0)
Despite first world technology, humans still share an intimate co-existence with nature in Kenya, especially during a drought, writes Xan Rice
05 Oct 09 Comments (0)
With two former allies battling for control of Mogadishu, Somalia’s transitional government faces a fresh challenge, writes Xan Rice
23 May 09 Comments (0)
Reporting from Nairobi is made difficult by an opaque government, writes Xan Rice, but talking to ordinary Kenyans is rarely a chore
18 Mar 09 Comments (0)
The latest military assault on the Lord’s Resistance Army has increased insecurity in Central Africa, reports Xan Rice
15 Jan 09 Comments (0)
When Justice Waki handed over his report on the post-election violence in Kenya he took precautions to guarantee it wouldn’t be ignored, writes Xan Rice in Nairobi
25 Nov 08 Comments (2)
The demise of a refugee camp might be no tragedy, but what about the death of a town? Xan Rice visits Kakuma, where many of Australia’s Sudanese refugees spent years sheltering from conflict.
29 Oct 08 Comments (0)
The election campaign showed how we don’t seem able to have a rational debate about population, writes Peter Mares
The sudden rise to influence of the independent MPs is a challenge to the two-party system and how it’s reported, writes Peter Browne