Pal Gatkuoth Deng from Gambella in Ethiopia is campaigning for the condom.

I do not agree with the Catholic church's opposition to the use of condoms.

Here in Gambella town, there are many orphaned children whose parents were killed by the HIV virus.

They are suffering and neither the Church or the government cares for them.

Since there is no cure, abstinence, partner loyalty and condoms should be used to minimise this disease.

Thursday 23rd November

With results from Sunday's elections in Mauritania now coming in, Juol Nhomngek, a southern Sudanese living in Kampala, Uganda, sent this message of support.

Bravo! for the people of Mauritania; Bravo! the armed forces of Mauritania.

I was filled with joy when I heard that the people of Mauritania had conducted free and fair elections.

This proved that the army did not overthrow the old authoritarian regime for their own selfish motives but in the interest of the Mauritanian people.

Such forces should be given the praise that they deserve and should also be encouraged to continue doing a good job in the country.

Moreover, this should act as an example for all African armies wherever they are to put the interests of the people as the first priority in their agenda and avoid being manipulated by narrowed-minded and egocentric presidents who prosper at the expense of the common citizens.

Wednesday 22nd November

Yakubu Mohammed Rigasa, Kaduna, Nigeria voices his concern about the eight foreign oil workers were kidnapped overnight from an oil installation operated in southern Nigeria

It is quite surprising and almost impossible to believe that militants in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria have continued to perpetrate disastrous activities in spite of Obasanjo's vow to bring such militancy to an abrupt end.

What baffles me is the fact that these people are in open confrontation with the Nigerian military, yet they succeed in taking hostages almost on weekly basis in defiance of the Nigerian Armed Forces.

Is the military effort so feeble as to fail in suppressing militant youths.

If that is the case, then I clearly understand why Obasanjo decided to peacefully surrender Bakassi peninsula to Cameroon.

Tuesday 21st November

Oketcho Haya in Lira, Uganda applauds the French judge for suggesting President Paul Kagame should stand trial over the killing of his predecessor.

The proposal to try President Paul Kagame is welcomed.

Should it be proved that he had a hand in the death of the former Rwandan President Habyarimana that sparked off the 1994 genocide, it will show that justice must prevail and no one is above the law.

It will be a lesson to many African leaders who implicate their opponents just because they have powers to do so.

Monday 20th November

C Alexander Brown from Rockliffe Park in Canada is enraged by the situation in Darfur, Sudan and starts with a brief reminder of African history.

In Africa's anti-colonial struggles, people from many places helped, including, I am proud to say, people from my country of birth, Jamaica, notably in Nigeria and Ghana and also during the fight against apartheid in South Africa and the battles against the Portuguese colonial regimes in Mozambique and Angola.

I ask African leaders and African people, how is it that now, in Darfur and elsewhere in Sudan, Arabs are hunting black Africans down, enslaving them as of yore, raping women and slaughtering our brothers like animals and African leaders and African nations do not react?

Presidents, politicians and soldiers, are you not ashamed?

I, a proud 70-year-old black Jamaican man, am filled with rage that this is happening, and I am ashamed of you all and without exception!

Friday 17th November

Yakubu Mohammed Rigasa in Kaduna, Nigeria, has a question.

When will African politicians learn from their counterparts in developed nations?

In many other countries, candidates defeated at polls quickly accept defeat and then co-operate with the winners to serve their countries together.

Unfortunately, in Africa, candidates contest elections, hoping that all of them will emerge winners - none of them believes in defeat!

The DRC election is a clear testimony of African political culture and the behaviour of African politicians.

We must learn to follow good practice shown by other politicians so that we can develop a good political culture.

Thursday 16th November

Mefehnja Tatcheu, a Cameroonian in South Africa, is pleased that Focus on Africa has dedicated a programme to insecurity in East Africa.

I think it makes a lot of sense that the BBC is offering a special edition on the fragile security situation in the Horn of Africa.

With DR Congo holding a relatively peaceful election and the Ivory Coast doing a lot to stop internal conflict, all that is left is Somalia.

Wednesday 15th November

Mayom Marek from Rumbek, Sudan, sent this comment about the United Nations convention on climate change in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi.

The climate change conference, attended by Koffi Anan, has raised the eyebrows of all Africans and the world at large.

We have increased greenhouse gases and darkened the surface of our planet, therefore also increasing the amount of sunlight trapped by the Earth.

I think that life and climate change should be taken more seriously.

Tuesday 14th November

Lawrence from Conakry in Guinea has some comments regarding our report yesterday from Sierra Leone on how some people are trying to make ends meet and helping their families to survive the hardships.

Sierra Leoneans are a proud people, but little or nothing has been done under President Kabba's ten year rule to make them feel proud of their nation.

Basic pre-requisites for development, such as electricity, good water supplies, good road networks and even the national television, are still proving problematic for the nation.

Sorry Mr President, but even the former Junta rulers - Valentine Strasser and Johnny Paul Koroma - did better in these areas than your peaceful civilian rule with your multi-million dollars of foreign aid.

Sierra Leoneans are willing and ready to participate in the reconstruction process of their nation but how can this be possible when all the requirements are missing?

I urge you to be wise and not to be carried away in the up-coming presidential elections. Vote for people that would emancipate you from this absolute poverty.