{"id":42081,"date":"2014-08-26T16:11:36","date_gmt":"2014-08-26T16:11:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=42081"},"modified":"2014-08-26T16:11:36","modified_gmt":"2014-08-26T16:11:36","slug":"un-helicopter-crashes-in-south-sudan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=42081","title":{"rendered":"UN helicopter crashes in South Sudan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"story_continues_1\">The UN says one of its cargo helicopters has crashed in South Sudan, with unconfirmed reports saying it was shot down.<\/p>\n<p>A search and rescue team has been sent to the crash site near Bentiu,<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/unmisspio\">said the UN mission in South Sudan.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A UN official told the AP news agency the Mi-8 helicopter had apparently been shot down.<\/p>\n<p>Thousands of people have been killed this year in bitter fighting between South Sudan&#8217;s army and rebel forces.<\/p>\n<p>Bentiu, capital of the oil-rich Unity state, has changed hands several times but a ceasefire agreement is currently in place.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, the two sides were given 45 days to form a power-sharing government.<\/p>\n<p>The AFP news agency says the Mi-8 would normally have between three and five crew on board.<\/p>\n<p>The UN said it was &#8220;deeply concerned&#8221; about the fate of the crew.<\/p>\n<p>A government official has accused forces loyal to rebel commander Peter Gadet of shooting down the helicopter, AP reports. His forces have not yet commented.<\/p>\n<p>The UN plays a key role in getting food to the 1.8 million people who have fled their homes since fighting broke out last December.<\/p>\n<p>Many have sought shelter in UN bases around the country, including Bentiu.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The UN says one of its cargo helicopters has crashed in South Sudan, with unconfirmed reports saying it was shot down. A search and rescue team has been sent to the crash site near Bentiu,said the UN mission in South Sudan. A UN official told the AP news agency the Mi-8 helicopter had apparently been [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":42085,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[14],"class_list":["post-42081","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-papa-owusu-ankomah"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42081","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=42081"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42081\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/42085"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=42081"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=42081"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=42081"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}