BENI, (DR Congo): A worker with the British charity World Vision has been killed in an ambush on a humanitarian convoy in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the aid group said on Thursday.

The Congolese victim was killed in an attack on Wednesday in Lubero, North Kivu province, that left another worker seriously hurt, it said in a statement.

"This devastating incident is an attack on our staff, and on the most vulnerable children and communities whom they were serving," it said.