More than two million people have fled their homes because of the conflict. Photo Credit: AFP
Twenty aid workers have been abducted in South Sudan’s Nhialdiu town after it was briefly overrun by forces loyal to sacked Vice-President Riek Machar, a minister is quoted by the private Radio Tamazuj as saying.
Northern Liech State Information Minister Lam Tungwar Kueigwong said steps were being taken to bring back the aid workers safely.
“This is very bad for the humanitarian situation and the general population of Northern Liech state particularly Nhaildiu,” the minister is quoted as saying.
The aid workers are believed to be South Sudanese nationals.
Conflict broke out in the country in 2013 after President Salva Kiir accused Mr Machar of plotting a coup, an allegation he denied.
Source: BBC
