Danger seems to be tailing the
international humanitarian organization Médecins Sans
Frontières. On Saturday (Dec. 31), it lost contact with 130 of its
staff members in Pibor county, Jonglei state, South Sudan.
Members of the Lou Nuer ethnic group
set fire on houses and attacked villages of the Murle community in
Pibor. The MSF clinic, the only one in Pibor, has been looted, damaged
and set on fire.
MSF head of mission in South Sudan Parthesarathy Rajendran
told news agencies the organization believes its staff members have fled into
the bushes along with thousands of civilians to escape and that their precise
whereabouts are unknown. He said MSF has only been able to get in touch with 13
of its members.
“MSF is deeply concerned about their
safety,” the organization’s statement said.
Just last August, MSF staff members have also been sandwiched in
attacks in the town of Pieri, also in Jonglei state. The organization’s
compound and clinic in the area were also looted, and parts of the MSf
facilities were burned down.
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