UNMISS Clarifies Kidnap allegations
Oct 12, 2017, 05:24 AM
The UN Mission in South Sudan says it continues to carry out coordinated peacekeeper escorts for women and young girls leaving protected sites to collect firewood and other non-food items.
The reassurance comes after reports that four women went missing on Sunday as they looked for firewood near the PoC 3 site in Juba, sparking fears that they had been kidnapped and raped.
Acting UNMISS spokesperson Shantal Persaud clarifies that the women later returned to the site unharmed.
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