Surge in kidnappings for ransom threatens future of humanitarian work in South Sudan

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Surge in kidnappings for ransom threatens future of humanitarian work in South Sudan  Since the start of the year, more than 30 South Sudanese aid workers have been abducted, humanitarian officials say - more than double the number kidnapped in all of 2024. The worrying trend could make humanitarian work impossible in a country facing one of the world's worst humanitarian crises.  READ MORE : http://www.africanews.com/2025/09/11/surge-in-kidnappings-for-ransom-threatens-future-of-humanitarian-work-in-south-sudan  Subscribe on our Dailymotion channel and receive all the latest news from the continent.    Africanews is available in English and French.  Website : www.africanews.com  Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/africanews.channel/  Twitter : https://twitter.com/africanews

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00:00A new and worrying trend in South Sudan, the kidnapping of aid workers for ransom.

00:07Since the start of the year, more than 30 South Sudanese aid workers have been abducted,

00:13humanitarian officials say. That's more than double the number kidnapped in all of 2024.

00:20Several of those abducted have been released after ransom payments,

00:23but one person died in captivity earlier this month.

00:27The UN has long designated South Sudan one of the most dangerous places for humanitarian workers.

00:34But the surge in kidnaps for ransom could make humanitarian work impossible

00:39in a country facing one of the world's most severe humanitarian crises.

00:45In July, the medical charity Médecins Sans Frontières suspended operations in two South Sudanese counties

00:51after one of its staff members was taken at gunpoint.

00:55Fighting between the National Army and opposition factions has surged this year,

01:00marking some of the worst violence since the 2018 peace deal that ended the civil war

01:05and formed a fragile unity government.

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