Red Cross suspends work in vast region of South Sudan

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Red Cross suspends work in vast region of South Sudan
By Associated Press September 13 at 2:44 PM

JOHANNESBURG — The Red Cross is suspending operations in a vast area of South Sudan after one of its workers was shot dead while delivering aid, the aid organization said Wednesday.

The International Committee of the Red Cross said it has suspended work in the Equatorias region, or roughly a third of the country, after driver Lukudu Kennedy Laki Emmanuel was killed Friday by unknown attackers in Western Equatoria.

The suspension affects more than 22,000 people amid civil war.

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