The United Nations humanitarian agency has strongly condemned brutal attacks on humanitarian aid workers in South Sudan’s Central Equatoria, an area that has been ravaged by attacks on civilian vehicles in the past.

An international NGO convoy consisting of two vehicles was ambushed by an unknown armed group in Abegi on the Yei-Lasu road near Yei town on Monday.

The NGO, a UNHCR partner, were on their way to the Lasu settlement hosting refugees from DRC and Sudan to provide health, nutrition and hygiene services.

The UN Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said those responsible should be brought