David Shearer with peacekeepers at Leer, South Sudan. In South Sudan, six aid workers were feared kidnapped while helping with food security work and more than 300 families escaped to the Democratic Republic of Congo when shooting began on Sunday. As the special representative of the Secretary-General and the head of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan, Shearer is working to help people like Senye. As for his former Labour colleagues, now in Government, Shearer said "good on them". "I really think we are making a difference and this is a huge organisation that is saving lives, building peace, helping to build a country.

Source: Otago Daily Times December 30, 2017 16:52 UTC