South Sudan's English Daily Newspaper
"We Dare where others fear"
By Benjamin Takpiny
The Medecines Sans Frontières (MSF) in South Sudan has suspended operations and evacuated staff from Ulang County of Upper Nile State due to security threats.
“indeed, on August 15th, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) had to evacuate part of its staff from Ulang in Upper Nile State due to serious threats from a local individual,” MSF said in a statement on Friday.
MSF said it has temporarily suspended some activities at the MSF Secondary Healthcare Hospital in Ulang County.
“Ensuring the safety of our staff and patients is our highest priority, and we will only resume services once we can guarantee their protection and the security of the medical facility” it said.
It noted that one of the local staff decided not to come for work and MSF terminated his contract, so he decided to threaten to harm his bosses who terminated his contract.
Our efforts to reach Ulang County authorities for comment on the matter by press time were not fruitful.
