Save the Children’s country director in South Sudan, Chris Nyamandi, was released from government custody without charge on Tuesday, the charity said.
Nyamandi, a Zimbabwean national, was detained in the capital, Juba, on Oct. 8. The reasons for his detention remain unclear, the organisation said.
“We are relieved that our Country Director in South Sudan, who was detained in Juba on 8 October and held in government custody, was released yesterday, Tuesday, with no charges laid,” Save the Children Radio Tamazuj on Wednesday.
“It remains unclear why he was detained,” it added.
Nyamandi was reportedly detained alongside a colleague from the organisation’s business development department while the two were at a hotel in Juba.
The colleague told ZimLive that authorities alleged the pair had been discussing politics. Radio Tamazuj could not independently verify the allegation.
Nyamandi’s detention came amid travel restrictions in Juba and political uncertainty in South Sudan, where preparations for long-delayed general elections have been complicated by disputes over the country’s political transition.
South Sudan gained independence from Sudan in 2011 and has struggled to implement a 2018 peace agreement that ended five years of civil war.
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