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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 Somali Militants Trying to Break Peacekeeper Morale, says Analyst ICG's Rashid Abdi says AMISOM resolve is strong, but more international support needed Spokesman Says Latest Somali Insurgent Attack Unlikely to Deter AU Peacekeepers Major Barigye Bahoku says AMISON was still trying to assess the extent of Thursday's insurgent attack in Mogadishu 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 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 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 Experts Study Challenges to Anti-Retroviral Delivery in Africa Many believe improving ARV delivery systems would also help victims of other infectious diseases 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 Malawi Launches First Ever Online News Channel International communication technology experts question its viability