UN River Convoy Attacked in South Sudan

The United Nations Mission in South Sudan strongly condemned an attack Thursday on a convoy of U.N. barges taking supplies to staff and displaced civilians in Malakal, Upper Nile State.   U.N. spokesman Farhan Haq told reporters the attack, which injured four crew members and peacekeepers, was unprovoked. “The barges came under small arms fire, and rocket-propelled grenades were also fired at the convoy of four vessels,” he said. This is the second time this month U.N....

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