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Report Links Toxic Waste to Deaths in Ivory Coast UNHCR links toxic waste dumped by Dutch-owned vessel in Ivory Coast three years ago to deaths, illnesses Senegal's President Says He'll Run in 2012 First time Mr. Wade, 83, says he will seek third term UN: Global Foreign Direct Investment Continues to Slide UNCTAD World Investment Report 2009 says foreign direct investment inflows will fall to less than $1.2 trillion this year Oil Discovered Off Sierra Leone First ever deep-water test well by a US oil company in Sierra Leone-Liberia basin struck a deposit of hydrocarbons more than 12,000 feet below bottom of ocean Experts Study Challenges to Anti-Retroviral Delivery in Africa Many believe improving ARV delivery systems would also help victims of other infectious diseases 21 Killed in Suicide Bomb Attacks on AU Forces in Mogadishu Spokesman for African Union's Somalia mission says 17 peacekeepers, four civilians were killed Thursday when two car bombs exploded at base in Somali capital Opponents File Legal Challenge Against Gabon Presidential Election Results Former interior minister says he has come to 'incontestable conclusion' that last month's vote was false because of massive fraud orchestrated by electoral officials to benefit President-elect Bongo Somali Militants Trying to Break Peacekeeper Morale, says Analyst ICG's Rashid Abdi says AMISOM resolve is strong, but more international support needed WFP to Distribute Food Aid to Internally Displaced in Goma Camps Spokeswoman for World Food Program says assistance is designed to help displaced resettle, work fields during current planting season Compaore Urges Ivorians to Move Toward Presidential Poll Burkinabe President Blaise Compaoré is leading regional efforts to organize country's much delayed elections Libya's Gadhafi To Take UN Stage After 40 Years, the Colonel's New Look Emboldened Al-Shabab Warns Djibouti Not to Send Troops to Somalia Warning comes a day after brazen suicide attack on African Union peacekeeper base in Mogadishu Nigerian Oil Activist Campaign for Legal Option over Armed Struggle Leading lawyer Japkor Oghenejakpor appeals to militants to lay down their arm Scottish Law Chief Denounces Convicted Lockerbie Bomber's Posted Documents Abdel Baset al-Megrahi says documents will prove his innocence in 1988 attack that killed 270 people IOM Launches Campaign on Dangers of Crossing Gulf of Aden in Smugglers' Boats Campaign to target migrants as well as host communities in Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia and Yemen Gabon Court Considers Electoral Challenge Some opposition candidates say results from more than two-thirds of polling stations were affected by massive fraud orchestrated by electoral officials to benefit Mr. Bongo WHO Chief Promises H1N1 Vaccines for Poorer Nations US, Britain, France, Australia and five other nations pledge to make 10 percent of their vaccine supply available to other countries in need At Least 17 Killed in Fresh Somalia Clashes Witnesses say fighters from al-Shabab insurgent group attacked government soldiers, Sunday; both sides claim victory in clash Calls Rise for Resignation of South African Athletics Official Over Gender Case International media reports raised questions about runner Caster Semenya's sexual characteristics after she won women's 800-meter championship in Berlin last month