A crew member was killed and two others were injured when a United Nations helicopter on an evacuation mission in a remote part of South Sudan was attacked.

One crew member died when a UN helicopter was shot at, a statement from its mission in South Sudan (Unmiss) said. It added that an injured South Sudanese general and several other

The aircraft came under fire as it tried to rescue wounded soldiers, the United Nations said. The attack came amid fears that a critical power-sharing deal was at risk of collapse, risking all-out civil war.