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Somali Gunmen Release 3 Aid Workers Foreign aid workers had been kidnapped in July in northern Kenya Six Senegalese Soldiers Killed in Ambush Ambush occurred in Niagha district along Senegal's border with Guinea Bissau, about 120 kilometers east of Ziguinchor UN Group Demands Better Rescue Efforts In Disasters Appeal comes at regional conference in Budapest, Hungary of the UN's International Search And Rescue Advisory Group Court Finishes Vote Recount in Gabon Constitutional court says court has completed recounting every return from the more than 2,800 polling stations and will rule on the validity of poll soon More Nigerian Militants Give Up Arms Ahead of Amnesty Deadline Thousands of fighters in Nigeria's oil-producing Niger Delta disarm under a government amnesty Nigerian Peace Groups Calls for Permanent Peace in Oil-Rich Delta. Niger Delta Non-Violent Movement asks government to use militants’ surrender to end crisis. Elephantiasis Afflicts 120 Million in Africa, Asia Mosquitoes spread parasite that puts another one billion people at risk UN Report: Migration Improves Human Welfare UNDP's human-development report says migration not only increases incomes and access to education and health care for the workers, it also creates jobs and innovation in host nations Burkinabe President Mediates Guinea Crisis Blaise Compaore is in Conakry for talks with military ruler, Captain Moussa Dadis Camara and his political opponents Increased Violence in Senegal Forces 1,000 Residents to Flee Civilians near Senegal's southern border face a dire situation after fleeing increased violence by rebel forces in the area Unlawful Evictions Across Africa says Aid Agency Amnesty International says hundreds of thousands of Africans left homeless every year Former UN Chief Pressures Kenya on Reforms Kofi Annan tells reporters in Nairobi Kenyan people are losing patience with lack of tangible action from their leaders