WFP suspends aid in South Sudan county after convoy attacks

A sack of flour stands in the warehouse of the UN World Food Program in Niamey. [AFP]

The World Food Programme suspended work in parts of northern South Sudan after a river convoy carrying 1,500 tonnes of aid was attacked and looted, it said Wednesday.

There has been rising violence in recent weeks between supporters of President Salva Kiir and his long-time rival Riek Machar -- mostly centred on Jonglei state where at least 280,000 people have been displaced, according to a United Nations report on Tuesday.