$1m of South Sudan aid supplies looted or destroyed – UN

The UN’s peacekeeping mission in South Sudan (Unmiss) has expressed concern over the increase in violence that’s targeting aid workers in different parts of the country.

It says in May, more than $1m (£725,000) of humanitarian supplies and assets were looted and destroyed during armed attacks in Gumuruk in the east of the country.

This affected the delivery of assistance to an estimated 130,000 people.

“South Sudan is increasingly becoming one of the most dangerous places to operate for humanitarian workers,” Unmiss chief Nicholas Haysom told reporters in the capital, Juba.

“This year alone, four humanitarian workers have been killed in the line of duty. These acts of criminality must stop… Those who perpetrate violence and loot should be brought to justice.”