Uganda: WFP Halts Aid to Karamoja

Gulu — THE UN World Food Programme has temporarily suspended aid to half a million people in Uganda's drought-prone Karamoja region after gunmen killed one of its drivers in an ambush, WFP said yesterday.

Richard Achuka, 41, was shot dead in the neck and shoulder on Tuesday when gunmen attacked a convoy of four WFP trucks in Kotido District as they returned from delivering food to schools and other sites in neighbouring Kaabong District.

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