Note: Single-source report; awaiting corroboration.
An aid convoy operated by the John Dau Foundation was attacked while transporting humanitarian staff returning from a training exercise in South Sudan. The incident occurred on the route between Payuel Payam and Pajut in Duk county on Monday, resulting in civilian deaths and injuries to four others. United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator Ramanathan Balakrishnan condemned the attack and called for a prompt, impartial investigation and justice for those responsible. This violence raises the number of humanitarian workers and contractors killed in South Sudan this year to 29, highlighting increasing dangers in aid delivery. UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric described the attack as unacceptable and urged accountability. The UN peacekeeping mission, UNMISS, has warned of escalating violence in South Sudan, with over 760 civilians killed between January and March—an 89 percent rise from the previous quarter—and a sharp increase in conflict-related sexual violence. UNMISS chief Anita Kiki Gbeho called on all parties to uphold international humanitarian and human rights law obligations.
Meanwhile, the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) poses significant threats to livelihoods and economic stability. The UN Development Programme (UNDP) estimates the outbreak could push nearly one million more people into poverty, risk 300,000 jobs, and cost African economies up to $3.6 billion if the crisis spreads. UNDP Resident Representative Damien Mama noted job losses, slowed markets, and increasing pressures on families, which may lead some to break quarantine, raising transmission risks. There have been over 1,400 confirmed cases and 350 deaths from the Ebola Bundibugyo virus reported in DRC and Uganda, mostly in Ituri province, a key cross-border trade area. The UN spokesperson highlighted that women disproportionately bear the economic and health impacts of the outbreak.