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US welcomes release of UN aid worker held in South Sudan

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UNITED NATIONS - US Ambassador Nikki Haley is welcoming the release of a UN aid worker detained by South Sudan's government since April 10.

 

Haley says the US is "relieved" that Peter Alex has been reunited with his family. He's a South Sudanese who works for the World Food Program,

 

She said in a statement Thursday that South Sudan is "the most dangerous country in the world today for aid workers."

 

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