UN aid worker killed in Somalia

A UN World Food Programme employee has been kidnapped and killed in southern Somalia, the agency has said.

It is believed the employee, Abdulkadir Diad Mohamed, was killed on Friday during a visit to his home in Dinsor.

The death was not thought to be linked to recent killings of aid workers in Somalia, the WFP said.

It was the first violent death of a WFP staff member in Somalia since 1993, though five drivers employed by the agency have been killed this year.

The incident comes as parallel talks to resolve Somalia's political crisis continue in neighbouring Djibouti and Ethiopia.

Somalia has been without a functioning national government since 1991 and has suffered ongoing civil strife.

Mr Mohamed, a Somali, is thought to have been killed after trying to escape.

The driver of the vehicle carrying Mr Mohamed is also believed to have been killed, while a third person managed evade the attackers.

The WFP is expanding is programme to feed 2.4 million people in Somalia by the end of the year.