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Juba: The United Nations on Monday condemned the murder of another humanitarian worker in South Sudan and urged the authorities to step up efforts to protect aid teams.
Gunmen ambushed a team from Plan International, a British-headquartered charity, on October 29 as they were returning to Pibor town, in an eastern region plagued by armed conflict, flooding and hunger. One aid worker was shot dead on the spot and another suffered a serious gunshot injury, the UN humanitarian agency OCHA said in a statement. The team had been delivering nutritional relief to women and children but the programme has now been suspended.
“I strongly condemn this attack and the killing of yet another humanitarian worker,” said Alain Noudehou, the UN’s humanitarian coordinator in South Sudan. (afp)
Gunmen ambushed a team from Plan International, a British-headquartered charity, on October 29 as they were returning to Pibor town, in an eastern region plagued by armed conflict, flooding and hunger. One aid worker was shot dead on the spot and another suffered a serious gunshot injury, the UN humanitarian agency OCHA said in a statement. The team had been delivering nutritional relief to women and children but the programme has now been suspended.
“I strongly condemn this attack and the killing of yet another humanitarian worker,” said Alain Noudehou, the UN’s humanitarian coordinator in South Sudan. (afp)
