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South Sudan activist flees to US, says Kiir wanted him dead

by Associated Press
| July 23, 2020 5:03 PM

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A prominent South Sudanese activist has fled to the United States with the help of the U.S. government, which issued emergency visas to him and his family after he said South Sudan’s president ordered him abducted or killed.

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