Médecins Sans Frontières or MSF has suspended its activities in Maban due to insecurity in the region.
MSF in a statement reported that on Monday a group of unidentified armed men broke into its office and compound.
It says the group looted property, burning down a tent full of equipments and destroying many vehicles and communication devices.
The organization says no staff was injured during the attack, the team is safe and the organisation is currently monitoring the situation, reads part of the statement.
‘Despite the attack to our facilities, our team on the ground will keep ensuring life-saving treatment to patients suffering from the most critical medical conditions,’ says MSF head of mission in South Sudan Samuel Theodore. ‘However, as the safety of healthcare personnel and facilities cannot be guaranteed, we have no other choice but to suspend the rest of our activities, which will leave 88,000 people with limited access to much needed medical services.’
MSF condemns the brutal attack and calls for the respect and protection of humanitarian workers and health facilities.
Earlier on Tuesday, UN Refugee Agency or UNHCR has condemned the attack on its compound that left two staff injured in north-western town of Bunj, in Maban.
UNHCR says a group demonstrators forcefully entered its compound and looted its offices and residence.
According to the Agency, ten other humanitarian compounds and the office of the Commission for Refugee Affairs was also attacked and looted.