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British Aid Worker Shot Dead In South Sudan by abdnMe: 7:04pm On Feb 18, 2015
Everywhere is war.

Source: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/south-sudan/11420064/British-aid-worker-shot-dead-in-South-Sudan.html



South Sudan’s government promised an investigation on Wednesday after a British aid worker was shot dead in the country’s capital.The Briton, who worked for the Carter Centre, was killed in Juba on Tuesday night. Although South Sudan has suffered over a year of civil war, there has been no fighting in the capital itself for several months.

The unnamed man was killed when he drove home after dark on Tuesday, according to Ateny Wek Ateny, an official spokesman.The Briton was shot as he entered a compound in Juba where aid workers live.

“He got out of the car, then while walking he was shot," said Mr Ateny, according to Agence France Presse news agency. The government condemned the crime “in the strongest terms possible” and an investigation would take place, added Mr Ateny.

But nothing appears to have been stolen, suggesting that the Briton was not the victim of an armed robbery. Instead, the circumstances raise the possibility of a targeted killing.

South Sudan’s government has been critical of foreign aid workers, accusing them of stirring up the civil war.

Last year, President Salva Kiir alleged that the United Nations was deliberately concealing rebels inside refugee camps and allowing them to amass weapons.

The Carter Centre is an American aid agency founded by the former president, Jimmy Carter.

The Foreign Office confirmed the death of a British national in South Sudan, adding that it was "ready to provide consular assistance to the family".
Re: British Aid Worker Shot Dead In South Sudan by abdnMe: 8:02pm On Feb 18, 2015
There are too many foreign forces at work in Africa - it's another Scramble for Africa.

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