This World Humanitarian Day, the World Must Get Serious About Protecting Aid Workers

Earlier this week in the capital of war-weary South Sudan, the Associated Press reported that a female aid worker stared down the barrel of an AK-47 while a soldier threatened, "Either you have sex with me, or we make every man here rape you and then we shoot you in the head." It was only one of the many alarming stories related by the survivors of a horrifying attack on international aid workers last month.

During the same "rampage through a residential compound," South Sudanese troops also reportedly killed a local journalist and raped and beat foreigners and aid workers. Tragically, no help came for those who devote their lives to helping others. The United Nations has launched an urgent investigation following claims that its peacekeepers turned a blind eye to the attack.

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