World slams killing of top UN official in Somalia

BOGONKO BOSIRE | NAIROBI, KENYA - Jul 08 2008 07:39 The map will replace this text. If any users do not have Flash Player 8 (or above), they'll see this message. United Nations chief Ban Ki-moon on Monday led the world in condemning the killing of a top UN official in Mogadishu as an "outrageous" act aimed at undermining humanitarian and peace efforts in lawless Somalia. Gunmen shot and killed Osman Ali Ahmed, the head of the UN Development Programme in Mogadishu, and wounded his brother and son as they left a mosque on late on Sunday in what witnesses described as a pre-meditated attack. Ban, who is attending the Group of Eight summit of industrialised nations in the Japanese spa resort of Toyako, condemned "the brutal killing" and urged "all Somalis to reflect on this latest senseless act of violence and to work together in... [read full story]