NAIROBI, Kenya — Six aid workers were ambushed and killed over the weekend in South Sudan, a United Nations official said, the deadliest attack on humanitarian workers since the East African nation’s civil war began in 2013. He did not identify the nationalities of the aid workers or their organization. The ambush is the latest of several attacks on aid workers in South Sudan, which has one of the largest humanitarian crises in the world. At least 12 aid workers have been killed so far this year, and 79 since the civil war began in 2013, the statement said. Advertisement Continue reading the main storyThe ambush came on the same day that South Sudan’s government declared a unilateral cease-fire and granted amnesty to armed groups that renounce violence.

Source: New York Times March 26, 2017 23:03 UTC