South Sudan vows to enhance security for aid workers


  • World
  • Thursday, 30 Mar 2023

JUBA, March 29 (Xinhua) -- South Sudan on Wednesday vowed to enhance security for aid workers following recent attacks which have led to the loss of innocent lives and the looting of food and other items meant to help the vulnerable people.

"The ministry takes this opportunity to apologize for these very unfortunate and senseless incidents and for the loss of lives of innocent people, who were providing humanitarian services," Albino Akol Atak, minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management, told journalists in Juba, the capital of South Sudan.

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