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The UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) has condemned the killing of one of its staff in the country. The World Food Programme (WFP) is warning that the war in Sudan could trigger the world’s largest hunger crisis, unless fighting stops.
Charles Kiir Gone was serving with the peacekeeping mission in Wau, in the north-west. More than 10 months of fighting between rival forces has left nearly 14,000 people dead, over eight million displaced and much of the country’s population cut off and facing rising hunger.
He was reportedly killed during an attack by armed men in a relative’s home, where he was staying. As war rages, Sudanese families continue to flee to neighbouring countries.
Privately owned Eye Radio news website said that he was on leave from work at the time of the attack that has been linked to cattle rustling. Many have been displaced multiple times. They arrive at transit camps with close to nothing, hungry and desperate for help.
UNMISS has condoled with the family and has urged authorities to immediately investigate the incident. During a visit to a camp in neighbouring South Sudan, the head of the WFP, Cindy McCain, said the victims of the war had been forgotten.
In a statement, UNMISS head Nicholas Haysom said the attack "illustrates the real and ongoing threat to the lives of UN peacekeepers supporting South Sudan on its journey towards peace”. She said aid agencies had to be given access to those facing emergency levels of hunger who were stranded in areas cut off by violence.
A vicious cycle of cattle raids and reprisal attacks have plagued South Sudan, with thousands killed in recent years.
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