South Sudan deports Oxfam boss following 9-day detention  

JUBA – South Sudan government has deported the County Director of Oxfam International, nine days after arbitrary detention at a security facility in the country’s capital Juba, a media official for the organization has said.

Adil Al-Mahi was arrested by unidentified security officials on September 30, 2021 when he was leaving his office. Reasons behind his detention have not been made public as there was no official arrest warrant for the Sudanese national.

“He was deported after nine days of detention. They did not tell us the reason, we just discovered that he is already in Khartoum and he never briefed us of what had happened. He called when he was already in Sudan,” xfam Senior Media and Campaign Officer, Dominic Kango Amos said, according to the City Review.

Oxfam Deputy Country Director, Juliet Moriku Balikowa said at the time that Al-Mahi’s whereabouts were unknown.

“We don’t have any of that information [of his whereabouts], what we are doing now is to establish the fact of the matter and to ensure he is safe and well,” Juliet Moriku Balikowa at the time.