KHARTOUM A senior Ghanaian officer with the African Union peacekeeping force in Darfur in western Sudan was attacked by gunmen who seriously wounded his driver, the mission said on Sunday.

"Four unidentified armed men attacked the car of the Ghanaian colonel in El-Fasher in north Darfur, wounding his driver and seizing the vehicle," the spokesman for the 7,000-strong African Union force known as AMIS told AFP.

The attack happened on Friday.