The UN's World Food Programme (WFP) is taking evasive action to clear 100 mt of its food aid from eastern Ugandaâs war-torn Katakwi district, after an ambush on Thursday by the rebel Lords Resistance Army (LRA) on three trucks carrying WFP food. At least two truck drivers were killed in the attacks, according to WFP sources. The third driver and other people in the trucks are still unaccounted for, but they are thought to have fled into the bush. A further two trucks managed to escape, heading back to Soroti, about 25km away, army sources said. The food was destined for Ugandaâs northeastern Moroto district, in Karamoja, where a severe four year drought has ravaged the districtâs Karamojong population. âRight now our priority is to protect the food and get it back on track to the people who urgently need it,â WFP coordinator for Karamoja Purnima Kashyad told IRIN. âAs it is, it is a security risk â our biggest concern is that they [the LRA] could come back and steal the food. But we have the Ugandan army guarding it for us for now,â she said.
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