South Sudan Lawmaker Flees to Kenya, Joins Opposition

A South Sudanese member of parliament has fled to Kenya and joined the opposition led by former vice president Riek Machar, saying his life was in danger in South Sudan. "I was very insecure in my hometown of Mundri," Richard Mulla, the lawmaker for Western Equatoria state, told South Sudan in Focus in a telephone interview from Nairobi. "On May 6 this year, there were attempts to make me disappear by the security organs of the government, so I had to run for my...

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