The UN’s Humanitarian Coordinator in South Sudan, Mathew Hollingworth, strongly condemned the killing of a UN-contracted aid worker on Sunday, which also left another injured, after the convoy they were traveling in came under attack.
South Sudan’s coronavirus task force has ordered government institutions to ban public sector employees from entering their premises if they are unvaccinated; At least one person was killed and more than 100 injured during yesterday’s protest in the Sudanese capital, Khartoum, according to the Sudanese Medical Doctors Association; Jonglei state authorities in South Sudan say at least one person was killed and another injured after unidentified assailants ambushed a humanitarian convoy carrying food items in Duk County yesterday.
Matthew Hollingsworth, said the World Food Program (WFP) convoy had been deliberately targeted, and demanded that authorities “make every effort to bring the perpetrators to justice” ensuring that communities are protected along with “humanitarian personnel and assets across the country.”