South Sudan gunmen abduct 8 foreign and local workers: U.N
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July 4, 2017 (JUBA) - Unknown gunmen abducted eight foreign and local
workers outside a United Nations protection of civilian site in the
South Sudanese capital, but released them two days later.
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Aid workers and civilians arrive from Juba to Entebbe airport in
Uganda, Wednesday, July, 13, 2016.(AP Photo)
The U.N. mission in South Sudan said workers of a private company
contracted to a non-governmental entity were seized on Friday while
drilling water and released on Sunday.
Their release followed negotiations involving the country’s security services.
The abduction of aid workers depicts the level of insecurity aid
workers in the young nation face while doing humanitarian work.
More than 80 aid workers have been killed in South Sudan’s civil war
and millions of citizens displaced by the fighting in the war-torn
nation, recent U.N figures show.
Over 200,000 people have sought shelter at the U.N due to the fighting
in South Sudan.
South Sudan was plunged into conflict in December 2013 as the rivalry
between Kiir and his then-Vice President, Riek Machar, turned into a
civil war. The fighting, which has often been along ethnic lines,
triggered Africa’s worst refugee crisis, with over three million
people fleeing their home.
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4 July 21:32, by Kush Natives
Aid always assumed that South Sudan is a part of western
hemisphere, That’s why they carelessly entered into South Sudan
territory without proper authorization. The government is busy
fighting rebels and those unknown agencies are busy sneaking in South
Sudan. No one against any foreigners in South Sudan, but they should
obtain an authorized documents.
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4 July 21:41, by Kush Natives
>> to minimize confusion, they MUST start government’s
attention of they’re heading within the country, so that authorities
safeguard their travels. Otherwise everything they do will definitely
undermine their security. Aid workers are escorted by the government
security forces in any country they’re assigned. Second, they’d drill
anywhere they chosen, because we don’t trust these guys.
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4 July 21:45, by Kush Natives
They could turned that drilling water into a gold mining.
We all well a head with their dirty tactic.
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4 July 21:35, by john akeen
Stop lying
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