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Fresh Violence Tempers Hopes After South Sudan Peace Deal

Lisa Schlein

   GENEVA - Humanitarian workers say they hope the formation of a national
   unity government in South Sudan under a peace deal last month will ease
   suffering in the country, but those expectations have been tempered by
   reports of continuing violence.

   Alain Noudehou has been U.N. humanitarian coordinator in South Sudan
   since September 2017. He said there have been some significant changes
   for the better in the country since then.

   He told VOA that when he arrived, most places were inaccessible to
   humanitarian workers who sought to take aid to people in desperate
   need. Over the past year and a half, he said, the environment has been
   changing for the better as fighting has been reduced and aid workers
   can now reach most places that were previously out of bounds.

   He said having a government in place should create more stability and,
   over time, improve conditions for the people.