Armed personnel” free aid workers kidnapped in S. Sudan
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Elisabeth Janaina
Mar 15, 2017, 3:18:34 AM3/15/17
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“Armed personnel” free aid workers kidnapped in S. Sudan
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March 15, 2017 (JUBA) - The US-based aid group, Samaritan Purse says
its South Sudanese staffers have been freed a day after being detained
by "armed personnel."
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A MEDAIR worker attends to a malnourished child at a health unit in
Pibor Boys Primary School, 2 January 2012 (ST/Julius Uma)
The aid group, in a statement issued on Tuesday, however, said no
ransom demand was made by those who kidnapped the workers.
Rebels on Monday confirmed the workers had been "recovered" during
fighting with government forces in the Mayendit area of the oil-rich
Unity state. The area is about 680 km northeast of South Sudan’s
capital, Juba.
The statement says the staffers are on their way to the capital, Juba,
with help from the United Nations World Food Program (WFP).
The statement doesn’t say how many staffers had been detained, and it
gives no details about the armed personnel who took them.
A famine has been declared in Mayendit, the latest crisis in South
Sudan’s three-year civil war. About 100 000 people are said to be at
risk, and aid groups are pleading for access. At least 5 million
people or more than 40% of the nation’s population are need urgent
assistance, aid agencies say.
Years of civil war, a refugee crisis and a collapsing economy have
taken a toll on South Sudan since it gained independence in 2011. Tens
of thousands of people have been killed and millions displaced in the
country’s worst ever violence since it seceded from North Sudan in
2011.
(ST)
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15 March 07:33, by Angelo Achuil
It is unwise for any armed group to hurt or even appear to hurt
"Aid workers." Becoz humanitarian industry (NGOs or UNs) have close
bonding and all the rest can use that incident as an excuse for why
they can’t go and work there for a long time. At the end, the starving
are the ones to pay the price of that irresponsible behavior. From
SPLA history, armed group always benefits if they respect NGOs
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March 15, 2017 (JUBA) - The US-based aid group, Samaritan Purse says
its South Sudanese staffers have been freed a day after being detained
by "armed personnel."
JPEG - 41.3 kb
A MEDAIR worker attends to a malnourished child at a health unit in
Pibor Boys Primary School, 2 January 2012 (ST/Julius Uma)
The aid group, in a statement issued on Tuesday, however, said no
ransom demand was made by those who kidnapped the workers.
Rebels on Monday confirmed the workers had been "recovered" during
fighting with government forces in the Mayendit area of the oil-rich
Unity state. The area is about 680 km northeast of South Sudan’s
capital, Juba.
The statement says the staffers are on their way to the capital, Juba,
with help from the United Nations World Food Program (WFP).
The statement doesn’t say how many staffers had been detained, and it
gives no details about the armed personnel who took them.
A famine has been declared in Mayendit, the latest crisis in South
Sudan’s three-year civil war. About 100 000 people are said to be at
risk, and aid groups are pleading for access. At least 5 million
people or more than 40% of the nation’s population are need urgent
assistance, aid agencies say.
Years of civil war, a refugee crisis and a collapsing economy have
taken a toll on South Sudan since it gained independence in 2011. Tens
of thousands of people have been killed and millions displaced in the
country’s worst ever violence since it seceded from North Sudan in
2011.
(ST)
Comments on the Sudan Tribune website must abide by the following
rules. Contravention of these rules will lead to the user losing their
Sudan Tribune account with immediate effect.
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- No inappropriate or derogatory remarks
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the site, Sudan Tribune tries to vet all comments on the site.
There is now also a limit of 400 words per comment. If you want to
express yourself in more detail than this allows, please e-mail your
comment as an article to com...@sudantribune.com
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15 March 07:33, by Angelo Achuil
It is unwise for any armed group to hurt or even appear to hurt
"Aid workers." Becoz humanitarian industry (NGOs or UNs) have close
bonding and all the rest can use that incident as an excuse for why
they can’t go and work there for a long time. At the end, the starving
are the ones to pay the price of that irresponsible behavior. From
SPLA history, armed group always benefits if they respect NGOs
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