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| Top UN official killed in Somalia | Top UN official killed in Somalia |
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| Gunmen have killed the head of the UN Development Programme in Somalia, UN officials say. | |
| Osman Ali Ahmed was shot as he left a mosque in the capital, Mogadishu, and died in hospital of his injuries. | |
| It is the latest in a string of attacks on officials, which is plagued by lawlessness after years of conflict. | |
| Islamist groups have been staging an insurgency against the government troops and their Ethiopian allies who ousted them from power in 2006. | Islamist groups have been staging an insurgency against the government troops and their Ethiopian allies who ousted them from power in 2006. |
| Mr Ahmed was attacked in Mogadishu's Bulohube district, a UN official told AFP news agency. | |
| "The gunmen shot Ahmed as he was leaving evening prayers in the mosque in Bulohube," he said. | |
| Mr Ahmed's son and another man were also wounded in the incident, the Associated Press news agency reports. | |
| The shooting came a day after an explosion in the capital reportedly killed a Somali official, his wife and four others. | |
| Recent violence in Somalia has come despite a ceasefire pact signed by the government and opposition Islamist groups last month. Some factions rejected the deal. |