Nairobi - Somali gunmen have shot and killed a truck driver for the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), the fourth this year, the agency said Wednesday.

Ahmed Saalim was part of a convoy of trucks carrying 602 metric tons of food from Mogadishu to Bay and Bakool regions, the WFP said.

The agency called on all parties to ensure the safe passage of humanitarian convoys amid a worsening security situation.

"WFP food is reaching many people, but our drivers are daily risking their lives to deliver it," said Peter Goossens, WFP Somalia Country Director.

A combination of conflict, drought and rising food and fuel prices means that millions of Somalis are dependent on humanitarian aid.

Nairobi - Kenya's Finance Minister Amos Kimunya resigned Tuesday over claims of corruption involving the sale of a luxury hotel in Nairobi to Libyan investors.

Nairobi/Malabo- A court in Equatorial Guinea was expected to issue a verdict Monday in the case of British mercenary Simon Mann, who is accused of plotting a 2004 coup in which the son of former Br

Nairobi, The Hague - Belgian authorities have extradited Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo, former vice president of the Democratic Republic of Congo, to face war crimes charges, the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague said Thursday.

Bemba was detained in Belgium in May following his flight from the DRC last year after losing presidential elections and refusing to disarm his militia.

The suspect, who was president and commander in chief of the Congo Liberation Movement (MLC), is accused of crimes against humanity - including murder, torture and rape - in the Central African Republic between October 2002 and March 2003.

Nairobi - A Kenyan environmental group Wednesday blasted a plan to convert 200 square kilometres of c