UN condemns looting of South Sudan aid facilities
The UN has strongly condemned violence and looting in South Sudan’s oil-producing Unity State in the northern part of the country.
An incident in Leer county is said to have led to the injury and death of civilians, destruction of assets and looting of humanitarian commodities.
One humanitarian aid worker from a non-governmental organisation supporting the community with nutrition services was killed during the violence.
“Attacks against civilians, looting of aid intended to support the most vulnerable is unacceptable. This behaviour must stop,” UN’s acting Humanitarian Coordinator in South Sudan, Matthew Hollingworth, said in a press release.
Health and nutrition facilities in Gandor, Guat, Luol and Padeah were reportedly looted.
Mr Hollingworth says more than 3,600 children supported by these facilities will not receive timely access to nutrition services because of the violence.
He said an estimated $80,000 (£60,000) worth of supplies were looted from two facilities in Gandor and Luol, which he said would have provided three months of health and nutrition supplies to some 14,000 people in need in the area.
Since March, there has been an increase in such incidents across South Sudan – with young men attacking and killing a number of aid workers and looting assets.
source: bbc
