A guy with a gun snuck onto a Samaritan's Purse aid plane headed to Maiwut County with medical kits and tried forcing the pilot to reroute to Chad. The hijacker was Yasir Mohammed Yusuf from Abyei, and he hid in the cargo area before pulling his pistol mid-flight. The pilot pretended to go along but landed in Wau instead, where cops grabbed Yusuf while he wore a fake reflective vest. Nobody got hurt, and the supplies made it through.
Aid workers keep getting attacked across South Sudan this year. An airstrike destroyed the MSF hospital in Old Fangak back in May and killed seven people, while armed groups hit their Ulang clinic and stole gear in April. UN sites in Unity State got rocketed, which stopped food drops for 50,000 locals. More than 40 incidents have targeted humanitarian groups since January, leaving 12 workers dead and forcing aid cuts in 15 percent of areas.
Aid workers keep getting attacked across South Sudan this year. An airstrike destroyed the MSF hospital in Old Fangak back in May and killed seven people, while armed groups hit their Ulang clinic and stole gear in April. UN sites in Unity State got rocketed, which stopped food drops for 50,000 locals. More than 40 incidents have targeted humanitarian groups since January, leaving 12 workers dead and forcing aid cuts in 15 percent of areas.
