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| Sudan: Aid worker killed, another injured in Greater Pibor |
| 2020-11-04 |
| [SUDANTRIBUNE] An aid worker was killed and another maimed when unidentified armed attacked a team of Plan International’s humanitarian workers on a road near Pibor on October 29, the United Nations ...an organization conceived in the belief that we're just one big happy world, with the sort of results you'd expect from such nonsense... said in a statement. "The team was returning to Pibor on foot after delivering critical nutrition services to children and new mothers affected by violence and flooding in the area. The nutrition programme, funded by the South Sudan Humanitarian Fund, is temporarily suspended following the incident," partly reads the statement. Alain Noudéhou, the UN Humanitarian Coordinator in South Sudan, condemned the killing of the aid worker in the greater Pibor area. "I strongly condemn this attack and the killing of yet another humanitarian worker, this time in the Pibor area. I call once again for authorities and communities at all levels to guarantee the safety and security of aid workers and the people they serve. The perpetrators of this He added, "This year in South Sudan, eight humanitarian workers have already bit the dust while providing aid to people in need. This is unacceptable". |
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