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UN appalled at killing of aid workers in South Sudan
26 March 2017 ? Six aid workers from a national non-governmental organization were killed when their convoy was ambushed yesterday while travelling along the Government-controlled area on the Juba-Pibor road, the United Nations mission in the country (UNMISS) has said.
Their bodies were found on the road by others members of the convoy who were some way behind.
?The United Nations condemns this appalling and pointless loss of life,? said the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for South Sudan and the head of UNMISS, David Shearer in a news release issued by the mission.
?This cold-blooded killing is utterly reprehensible, not least, because these aid workers were dedicated to alleviating the ongoing suffering of the people of South Sudan,? he added, urging the Government to investigate and apprehend the killers.
The attack ? the single worst incident targeting aid workers in the African country since the outbreak of hostilities in December 2013 ? comes at a time when humanitarian needs have reached unprecedented levels...
UN appalled at killing of aid workers in South Sudan
26 March 2017 ? Six aid workers from a national non-governmental organization were killed when their convoy was ambushed yesterday while travelling along the Government-controlled area on the Juba-Pibor road, the United Nations mission in the country (UNMISS) has said.
Their bodies were found on the road by others members of the convoy who were some way behind.
?The United Nations condemns this appalling and pointless loss of life,? said the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for South Sudan and the head of UNMISS, David Shearer in a news release issued by the mission.
?This cold-blooded killing is utterly reprehensible, not least, because these aid workers were dedicated to alleviating the ongoing suffering of the people of South Sudan,? he added, urging the Government to investigate and apprehend the killers.
The attack ? the single worst incident targeting aid workers in the African country since the outbreak of hostilities in December 2013 ? comes at a time when humanitarian needs have reached unprecedented levels...