Explosion near WFP convoy in Somalia leaves two injured

Two private security guards escorting a convoy from the World Food Programme (WFP) in Somalia were wounded in an incident on Sunday, the agency has reported.

The convoy was returning from an area on the outskirts of the capital, Mogadishu, when an explosion occurred 100 metres behind it.

Two WFP staff and a visiting journalist who were in the convoy were not harmed.

Somalia is facing a drought which has left millions struggling to survive.

WFP said the convoy was providing life-saving emergency food and nutritional assistance to affected people.

SOURCE: UN Radio