UN Demands End to Attacks on Aid Workers in South Sudan

A top United Nations official has condemned the treatment of aid workers in South Sudan, saying violence and harassment is preventing help from reaching an estimated seven million people in need. Mark Lowcock, the U.N. undersecretary–general for humanitarian affairs, said four aid workers have been killed and 10 others abducted in the last two months alone. His numbers did not appear to include aid workers reportedly kidnapped near the eastern town of Yangiri. Lowcock, who visited...

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