Violence continues in South Sudan with UN helicopter shot at

More people have been killed in South Sudan after a UN helicopter came under fire with the country’s fragile peace deal hanging in the balance.

One crew member was killed when a UN helicopter was shot at, a statement from its mission in South Sudan, UNMISS, reported by BBC News on March 7th.

This came during an evacuation attempt in Upper Nile state, and the statement added that an injured South Sudanese general and several other troops were also killed during the events.

BBC News