The international medical charity Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) said it has stopped operating mobile clinics after a violent armed robbery in an area south of Mundri town on 24 April.
The aid agency said in a statement seen by Radio Tamazuj that its workers its team working in the area were victims of the armed robbery.
“While the MSF team was delivering much-needed healthcare to remote areas of Mundri, a group of 10 unidentified armed men stopped their convoy, physically assaulted the team, threatened them with violence and took their personal belongings, along with medical supplies and other MSF property.
The organization said it was forced to stop operating mobile clinics in the area until safe access to the isolated communities it supports can be assured by all armed actors.
“The people of South Sudan suffer most when our mobile clinics and other facilities cannot operate safely. In this case, the armed robbery directly affects much-needed healthcare services for around 75,000 people,” it said.
MSF condemned the incident.
MSF has been operating in Mundri since October 2016.
For his part, the government-appointed deputy governor of Amadi State Manase Labui confirmed the incident.