VOA Africa News Summary

Here are today's top stories from VOA Africa. To listen or watch one of our programs or to read more visit our website at www.voaafrica.com.

At Least 5 Children Dead In Somalia Land Mine Blast Witnesses say children had dug up mine and were playing with it when it detonated Kidnapping of British Girl in Nigeria Provokes Outrage Officials in tense delta region searching for three-year-old daughter of British oil worker, abducted on her way to school Truckloads of Food Cross Kenyan Border into Somalia WFP says more than 60 trucks carry enough food for 100,000 people Ugandans, Kenyans Arrested in Killing of Congo Businessman Gold trader Kisoni Kambale shot dead in his office in Butemo, northeastern Congo Liberia Lobbies for AFRICOM Headquarters President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf says security and development are inextricably linked Zimbabwe's Opposition Unhappy About Voter Registration Zimbabwe's main opposition party, the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) says it is not happy about the government's ongoing voter registration exercise ahead of next year's presidential and parliamentary elections. Simple Measures Help Curb Infant Mortality Clean birthing kits, infant resuscitators and doses of the anti-AIDS medication Nevirapine help curb newborn deaths Zimbabwean Woman Breaks Taboo -- as an Undertaker Ester Sithole says women are more empathetic than men