The latest United Nations panel of experts report on South Sudan has described the country as the deadliest for humanitarian workers.
The report submitted to the UN Security Council on 13th April 2017 recorded a total of 72 aid workers who have been killed since beginning of a bloody civil war in the young nation in December 2013.
“Since the war began in December 2013, at least 72 aid workers have been killed, 29 since the Panel’s report of January 2016,” part of the report that ChimpReports got a copy, said.
“South Sudan remains the deadliest country in the world for humanitarians, with the majority of those killed being South Sudanese nationals.”
The UN experts analyzed the overall trends in obstruction of humanitarian assistance by comparing statistics of reported “access incidents”, a term that includes violence against humanitarians.
According to the report, in 2016 alone humanitarians on the volatile grounds inside the country reported 908 incidents, compared with 779 incidents in 2014. In 2015, 56.8 per cent of those incidents involved violence against personnel and assets, with 28 humanitarians and one UN agency-contracted driver killed. In 2016, the percentage of incidents involving violence had risen to 69, with 24 humanitarians killed.
Meanwhile the state with highest numbers of incidents against the humanitarian activities shifted from the oil rich Unity to Central Equatoria.
“The state with the highest number of access incidents has shifted from Unity (226 in 2015, compared with 116 in 2016) to Central Equatoria (205 in 2015, compared with 316 in 2016)”
On 26th last month UN reported the killing of 6 aid workers from the national NGO in Juba-Pibor road that is under the control of SPLA (in Government). On 14th April 2017 UN also reported the killing of 3 local aid workers in Wau.