NW, SW: Humanitarian organisations workers bear brunt as armed conflict rages on

By  KUBU EVELYN As the crisis rocking the North West and South West regions, which has escalated into an armed conflict, rages on, workers of humanitarian organisations have been bearing the brunt as they are being persecuted by the government for allegedly providing humanitarian assistance to needy persons including separatist fighters. The ambulances and vehicles of humanitarian organisations on their way to render services to distressed persons have often come under attack by either the military or separatist fighters themselves. Some humanitarian workers have lost their lives in such attacks. The separatist fighters, on their part, have been kidnapping humanitarian…