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Here are today's top stories from VOA Africa:

First World Humanitarian Day Commemorated International aid workers honored for assisting in dangerous places, like Somalia Somali Government Forces Capture Town from Insurgents Heavily-armed fighters of Ahlu Sunna Waljama forces seize control of Luuq, located about 400 kilometers northwest of Mogadishu Oil for Expertise Could Trigger Angolan-South African Trade Deal South African President Zuma leads delegation on two day visit to oil rich neighbor Muslim Holy Month Set to Begin This Week During Ramadan, with dawn to dusk fasting, business activity winds down for some, not for others Returning IDPs Lack Basic Services in Kordofan Spokesman for International Organization for Migration says conditions are so bad that about 200,000 people, who had returned home after years in exile, have left again Uganda's Re-Appointed Electoral Commission Chair Responds to Critics Badru Kiggundu says his commission has conducted all elections ethically and according to the law. Obama, Mubarak Optimistic About Mideast Peace Process US President Barack Obama and his visiting Egyptian counterpart, Hosni Mubarak, express optimism over possibility of moving forward on Israeli-Palestinian peace process Eritrea Ruled by Trigger-Happy Government, Says Ethiopia’s Minister Eritrea accepted the ruling, but Ethiopia complained, describing the amount as too small