Foreign Missions in Juba condemn looting of 12 WFP boats in Upper Nile’s Baliet County

2026-02-06 - 10:29

JUBA, South Sudan (Eye Radio) – Several foreign missions in Juba have issued a joint condemnation following the looting of 12 World Food Programme boats in Baliet County, warning that the theft jeopardizes food security for 73,000 people. In a statement released by the organisation on Friday, February 6, the Embassies of Canada, France, Germany, Japan, the Netherlands, Norway, the United Kingdom, and the United States of America, as well as the Delegation of the European Union, stated that the convoy carried over 1,500 metric tons of food intended to feed 73,000 people in need. “We urge the transitional government to take prompt actions to recover the food as well as other resources stolen from implementers that were aboard the boats. Our countries’ taxpayers’ funding for humanitarian assistance in South Sudan should achieve the greatest possible life-saving impact,” read part of the statement. The statement went on and said that attacks on humanitarian and medical facilities are entirely unacceptable. The Diplomatic Missions called on South Sudan’s leaders, of all parties and at all levels, to create conditions that ensure the unhindered delivery of assistance to their people enduring famine, malnutrition, and conflict-driven displacement.