was hijacked by gunmen and held hostage for a short time. The vehicle was taken. 1998 Somalia – April 21, 1998 – 10 aid workers held hostage. Bujumbura, Burundi – June 10, 1998 – One Danish aid worker killed by car thieves in capital. Central Sudan – June 10, 1998 – Three Sudanese UN staff killed and three wounded when gunmen fire on a UN vehicle. Arua, (North West) Rwanda – July 10, 1998 – Ugandan driver for UN World Food Programme (WFP) killed by rebels. Bujumbura, Burundi – July 24, 1998 – One Italian World Food Programme (WFP) staff member killed in the capital. Congo-Brazzaville – November, 1998 – Major Eugene Nsingani The Salvation Army on a peace mission with eight people, gunned down and killed along with five more. 1999 South Sudan – January 4, 1999 – Four ICRC staff killed by SPLA (abducted in February, murdered in April). Southern, Somalia – January 27, 1999 – One Kenyan aid worker killed by gunmen. Lesotho – February 4, 1999 – Irish aid worker (Ken Hickley) robbed and murdered. Bundibugyo, Uganda – April 23, 1999 – Many aid workers flee area to avoid attacks by Allied Democratic Forces. Belgrade, Serbia – May 26, 1999 – Three aid workers put on trial for spying. Angola – June 15, 1999 – Two aid workers killed when gunmen ambush and rob them. Tajikistan – October 2 – French aid worker killed. Northern Kosovo – November 12, 1999 – 24 people on board a WFP aid flight died when Si Fly Flight 3275 crashed. 2000 Balad, Somalia – January 3, 2000 – One local CARE staff shot dead in an ambush. North of Mogadishu, Somalia – January 4, 2000 – One CARE worker shot dead in an ambush. Sudan – January 9, 2000 – 2 CARE staff killed and 2 missing after an ambush. Somalia – January 31, 2000 – Attacks on a convoy of aid vehicles leave 20 people dead. Ethiopia – February 9, 2000 – A medical organisation suspends operations in part of Ethiopia after the killing of a staff member. Ambon, Indonesia – May 22, 2000 – Foreign aid workers pulled out of Ambon to escape growing inter-communal violence. Sierra Leone – June 19, 2000 – One British aid worker (Alan Smith) freed after being held for one month by rebels. Baghdad, Iraq – June 28, 2000 – Two FAO workers