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Peter Biar Ajak, right, hugs his lawyer Jared Genser upon his arrival at Washington Dulles International Airport in Chantilly, Va., Thursday, July 23, 2020. (AP Photo/Luis M. Alvarez)

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

By CARA ANNA - Associated Press

Prominent South Sudanese activist and economist Peter Biar Ajak prepares to embrace his wife Nyathon Hoth Mai, left, as she weeps after he was sentenced to two years in prison, in a courtroom in the capital Juba, South Sudan Tuesday, June 11, 2019. Relatives wept as Ajak and five other men were sentenced for inciting an uprising in the country's main national security prison in October, while their lawyers vowed to appeal and Amnesty International said it had received reports of witness intimidation. (AP Photo/Sam Mednick)

South Sudan sentences prominent activist to more prison time

By SAM MEDNICK - Associated Press