Daniel Akech, a senior analyst for South Sudan with the International Crisis Group, told The Associated Press that the case appeared to be “a pretext for a political power struggle.”
Concern growing for safety of South Sudan opposition leader facing treason and other charges
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Alan Boswell, the Horn of Africa program director at the International Crisis Group think tank, said the South Sudan would have “a number of reasons to want to placate a Trump administration, be that avoiding visa bans, warding off more sanctions against its elite, or generally trying to curry favor.”
Trump administration has floated deporting third-country nationals to Africa. Here's what we know
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