The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) said that at least 5 more aid workers have been killed in Maban county and accused a militia group of targeting and killing civilians based on their ethnicity , reports Voice of America.
According to the UNMISS two aid workers were killed in Bunj town, died in an ambush whilst returning to the town, and one other is missing, presumed dead.
Dozens of aid workers have taken refuge inside the main office of the UN refugee agency, whilst a unit of peacekeepers was dispatched to the town of Melut to protect UN staff, aid workers and civilians in and around Bunj.
The unrest comes as peace talks between the president and his rival resumed on Monday.
South Sudan peace talks resume as famine looms (04 August 2014)
According to the UNMISS two aid workers were killed in Bunj town, died in an ambush whilst returning to the town, and one other is missing, presumed dead.
Dozens of aid workers have taken refuge inside the main office of the UN refugee agency, whilst a unit of peacekeepers was dispatched to the town of Melut to protect UN staff, aid workers and civilians in and around Bunj.
The unrest comes as peace talks between the president and his rival resumed on Monday.
South Sudan peace talks resume as famine looms (04 August 2014)