HIV “breakthrough” developed in South African lab

We get the latest on a potentially groundbreaking new HIV treatment, which is being developed at South Africa’s Wits Reproductive Health and HIV Institute. Scientists there believe the new PrEP injection is more effective than daily PrEP pills already on the market and the injection only needs to be taken once every eight weeks.

Plus the latest on fighting in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, will the federal government and the Tigrayan People’s Liberation Front heed African Union calls to end the hostilities?

And a look ahead to Uganda’s presidential election - what are Bobi Wine’s chances of reaching State House?

(Photo: South Africa’s Wits Reproductive Health and HIV Institute; Credit: STEPHANE DE SAKUTIN/AFP via Getty Images)