Government claims Malakal-Juba water corridor now secure

The official spokesman of the armed forces, Staff Lt-Gen Mohamed Osman Yassin, on Wednesday reported on Sudanese radio that government troops were again in full control of the Adok area, between Malakal and Juba in southern Sudan, where last week's attack on a food aid barge took place. He added that troops had "secured the waterway for navigation." A spokeswoman for WFP - which had two of its aid workers wounded in the attack - told IRIN on Thursday that it had halted one of its food barges at Boor and suspended barge convoys to southern Sudan, including the next scheduled convoy in early June, until it had completed a reassessment of the security situation. WFP has requested a government investigation of the incident, she added.