Nairobi-Khartoum - A member of the joint United Nations- African Union peackeeping mission in Darfur (UNAMID) was abducted and assaulted by a mounted militia, UNAMID said in a statement.

Nairobi, Mogadishu - A roadside

Nairobi - Aid agency Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) on Tuesday called for an increase in aid for civilians caught up in a long-running battle between local militias and government forces in the Mou

Nairobi/N'Djamena - Chadian President I

Nairobi - Somali gunmen have killed a driver for the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), the third this year, a spokeswoman for the WFP said Friday.

Hassan Abdi was shot on Thursday while transporting food aid from Mogadishu to provincial areas, the WFP said.

"Somalia is one of the most difficult places for humanitarian agencies to operate, and it appears to be getting more dangerous," Denise Brown, WFP Somalia's deputy country director, said in a statement.

The Horn of Africa nation has been in a state of anarchy since the overthrow of dictator Mohamed Siad Barre in 1991.