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2 Suicide Bombers Strike AU Peacekeeper Base in Somalia Spokesman for al-Shabab terrorist group claims suicide attack was in retaliation for killing of wanted senior al-Qaida operative in region Somali Militants Issue Conditions For Releasing French Hostage al-Shabab calls for France to immediately cease any political, military support for Somalia's transitional government UN says Climate Change Hurting African Women Human rights workers, senior government officials converged to discuss climate change this week in Togo Making Money Making Bed Nets U.S. anti-malaria initiative becomes prosperous business in Africa American Charity Works to Uplift Lives in Rural Communities in Malawi Chiefs say they are satisfied with results Ethiopian PM Says No Ethiopian Forces in Somalia Meles Zenawi flatly rejected recent news reports saying Ethiopia is staging military incursions into Somalia to support President Sheikh Sharif's Transitional Federal Government Concerned Congolese Displeased With New Government President Sassou-Nguesso abolished the prime minister's position and named 10 new ministers to join his government. Sierra Leone Journalist Urges Court to Decriminalize Libel Law Umaru Fofana, president of the Sierra Leone Association of Journalist says the 1965 Public Order Act is contrary to Sierra Leone's current constitution Millennium Challenge Corporation Grants Senegal $540 million to Reduce Poverty Grant to focus on road rehabilitation, food security initiatives in two of Senegal's poorest regions