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Somalia: UN food agency truck driver killed Thu. May 08, 2008 09:31 am.- By Bonny Apunyu. - (SomaliNet) The World Food Programme (WFP) said on Thursday that its truck driver was shot and killed in central Somalia after militiamen stopped a convoy of lorries ferrying relief food. WFP's director for Somalia Peter Goossens said in a statement that a gunman opened fire at the convoy late on Wednesday, wounding the driver who died in hospital. Goossens said: "We condemn this senseless killing and once again, urge all parties to ensure the safe passage of humanitarian staff and cargo across the country". In February, gunmen shot dead the leader of a convoy of WFP-contracted trucks in southern Somalia. Mounting violence in the Horn of African country has disrupted delivery of aid to hundreds of thousands of civilians uprooted from their homes. Late on Wednesday, clashes between Ethiopian troops and Islamist militia left 23 people dead in a village some 300 kilometres north of Mogadishu. The African nation has been wrecked by violence since the 1991 ouster of dictator Mohamed Siad Barre led to a bloody power struggle that has defied numerous bids to restore normalcy. - Sapa-AFP News Category: Somalia Latest Headlines Latest News Sudan cuts ties with Chad accusing Chad of back... Sudan: First VP condemns rebel attack on capit... Sudan: Authorities arrest prominent Islamist le... Sudan: JEM rebel leader makes first media state... Zimbabwe is now under military rule- says former hom... Premier League: Manchester United are Champions Somalia: 7 civilians killed as militia ambush gov’t... Nigeria: Three Chinese construction workers kidnappe... Zimbabwe: Police arrests over 50 opposition activist... Nigeria's security services on high alert over al-Qa... More News...