Six Aid Workers Are Killed in South Sudan Ambush
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESSMARCH 26, 2017
NAIROBI, Kenya — Six aid workers were ambushed and killed over the weekend in South Sudan, a United Nations official
said, the deadliest attack on humanitarian workers since the East African nation’s civil war began in 2013.
The attack took place Saturday on the road from Juba, the capital, to Pibor, where there have been recent reports of fighting,
Eugene Owusu, the top United Nations humanitarian official in South Sudan, said in a statement issued Sunday.
South Sudan’s government agreed to enact the cease-fire in response to pressure from East African countries
during a regional summit meeting in Nairobi, according to a joint statement issued after the meeting.
The cease-fire and amnesty was immediately rejected by Mabior Garang, a spokesman for the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-in-Opposition, who called it "silly" and a "nonstarter." Alan Boswell, a researcher of South Sudan based in Nairobi, suggested
that the South Sudanese government had created the food crisis.
At least 12 aid workers have been killed so far this year, and 79 since the civil war began in 2013, the statement said.
Sudan and Uganda continue to be key entry points for weapons into South Sudan, according to
a report by a United Nations panel of experts that was obtained by The Associated Press.