Juba, June 26 (IANS) South Sudan on Friday urged foreign governments to lift Ebola-related travel and visa restrictions imposed on its citizens, saying the measures are affecting those who need to travel abroad for medical treatment and education.”There is no Ebola here. No one is dying here. But people are now dying because they are unable to travel abroad for medical treatment,” Francis Oromo, undersecretary in the Ministry of Health, told a joint press conference with the World Health Organis…
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Juba, Feb 4 (IANS) The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) on Wednesday suspended its operations in South Sudan’s Baliet County following an attack on its river convoy last week. The WFP said its 12-boat convoy, transporting more than 1,500 metric tonnes of vital food assistance, was attacked multiple times by armed youth between January 30 and February 1.It said the cargo, also including non-food items being transported on behalf of partners, was looted overnight by members of the local c…