The authorities in Gogrial have been praised by the most senior UN official in South Sudan for closing seven road blocks in the state, a move which has facilitated both trade and enabled humanitarian access.
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![UNMISS and CTSAMM visit the location where six aid workers were killed in an ambush on Saturday 25 March South Sudan](https://unmiss.unmissions.org/sites/default/files/styles/380x220/public/field/image/ctsamm_and_unmiss_visit_location_of_aid_worker_ambush_28_03_2017_-_photo2.jpg?itok=c58Y4Q9T)
UNMISS and CTSAMM visit the location where six aid workers were killed in an ambush on Saturday 25 March.
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UNMISS chief David Shearer and the mayor of Torit, Juliana Mamoi Choko, give a symbolical hand to the building of a Safe House for vulnerable civilians in need of protection.
![UNMISS team saves lives by swiftly containing fire outbreaks in Bentiu protection site](https://unmiss.unmissions.org/sites/default/files/styles/380x220/public/field/image/fire_outbreak_in_bentiu_poc_site_contained_by_swift_unmiss_actions_27_03_2017_-_photo.jpg?itok=v4cUu1UA)
Various components of UNMISS and humanitarian actors were involved in putting out fires and assisting affected internally displaced persons in the Bentiu PoC site.
![UN peacekeepers provide urgently needed medical services to population in Leer South Sudan](https://unmiss.unmissions.org/sites/default/files/styles/380x220/public/field/image/un_peacekeepers_provide_urgently_needed_medical_services_to_population_in_leer_26_03_2017_-_photo2.jpg?itok=HGRWs7A6)
Dr. Bny Agyiri is part of the Ghanaian Battalion (GHANBATT) based in Leer. So far, Dr. Agyiri has delivered 35 babies, with a 100 per cent survival rate, in an area with no other health facilities.
![UNMISS chief David Shearer urges the South Sudan government to "investigate and apprehend" the killers of six aid workers UNMISS South Sudan](https://unmiss.unmissions.org/sites/default/files/styles/380x220/public/field/image/gloomy-looking_photo.jpg?itok=eqJuLugE)
UNMISS chief David Shearer strongly condemns the killing of six aid workers, calling it "utterly reprehensible".
![The Humanitarian Coordinator for South Sudan, Eugene Owusu, has strongly condemned the killing of six aid workers in an ambush on 25 March](https://unmiss.unmissions.org/sites/default/files/styles/380x220/public/field/image/eugene_owusu_may_2016.jpg?itok=lXF4XqdP)
The Humanitarian Coordinator for South Sudan, Eugene Owusu, strongly condemns the killing of six aid workers in an ambush on 25 March.