Aid Workers Caught in Crossfire of Civil War in South Sudan
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When the United Nations World Food Programme’s head in South Sudan, Joyce Luma, landed at the airport in the capital after a visit behind rebel lines, one of her security officers told her to remove a necklace residents of the area had given her.
“It’s a Nuer gift and we’ve been in opposition territory,” the Romanian former soldier told her at Juba’s airport. “Take it off. Otherwise, problem.” Luma quickly removed the necklace.