UN withdraws 30 aid workers from war-torn South Sudan
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September 16, 2017 (JUBA) - The United Nations Mission in South Sudan
(UNMISS) said it has withdrawn 30 humanitarian aid workers from Aburoc
area in Upper Nile region following the fighting there.
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Oxfam aid workers in Mingkaman, South Sudan, oversee the distribution
of food to displaced people in August 2014. (Photo Pablo Tosco/Oxfam)
David Shearer, the head of UNMISS, said the fighting has put civilians
at risk as government troop’s fight to dislodge rebels from Aburoc.
“We are still unclear about exactly what is happening on the ground in
terms of whether the fighting is ongoing or likely to carry on,” said
Shearer.
“What is important is for both parties to pull back, because there are
a number of civilians there [Aburoc] that humanitarian organisations
would have been supporting,” he added.
The senior UN official who visited the area said the fighting has
displaced several women, children as well as elderly people.
“So, I would like the warring parties to pull back and allow those
people to the safe sanctuary that they deserve and they need,” he
said.
According to Shearer, about 10,000 people including women and children
left Aburoc area located along the Nile River banks. In May, UNMISS
forces were temporarily deployed there to help with delivery of
humanitarian aid following fighting between warring factions.
Shearer also disclosed that South Sudan’s worsening humanitarian
crisis and peace deal revival efforts by the Intergovernmental
Authority on Development (IGAD), would be discussed at the ongoing
72nd UN General Assembly in New York.
The meeting, he added, will also highlight the importance of ending
impunity for attacks against civilians and humanitarian aid workers.
More than 80 aid workers, the UN said, have been killed in South Sudan
ever since conflict broke out in the young nation in 2013.
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17 September 08:56, by Peng Kimang
It’s really going to be a tragic situation to the people of Aburoc
in particular and South Sudan in general. The forthcoming UN general
assembly should not only emphasize on the humanitarian situation but
also devise ways for everlasting peace in the country.
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