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Two South Sudan Aid Groups Suspend Operations After Workers Killed

Waakhe Simon Wudu

   JUBA , SOUTH SUDAN - Two aid groups have suspended operations in parts
   of eastern South Sudan after gunmen killed two of their workers late
   last week.

   The suspensions will make matters worse for thousands of citizens
   displaced by widespread flooding in Jonglei state.

   Annette Hearns, deputy head of the United Nations Office for the
   Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) in Juba, said the
   killings not only affected aid delivery to vulnerable people but caused
   more suffering for the families of the deceased.

   "We condemn this type of behavior. Our colleagues, South Sudanese
   citizens who are giving their ultimate sacrifice, these people are
   attempting to support children who are malnourished, the new mothers
   and help them receive the support they need to live," Hearns told VOA's
   South Sudan in Focus.

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