{"id":42059,"date":"2026-08-10T14:52:29","date_gmt":"2026-08-10T12:52:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=42059"},"modified":"2026-08-10T14:52:29","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T12:52:29","slug":"south-sudanese-whistleblower-released-after-nearly-two-months-in-detention","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/south-sudanese-whistleblower-released-after-nearly-two-months-in-detention\/","title":{"rendered":"South Sudanese whistleblower released after nearly two months in detention"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\">A South Sudanese whistleblower who was abducted in Kenya in June and taken \u200bto South Sudan has been released \u200cafter nearly two months in detention, his family said on Monday.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Athorbey Al-Gaddhaffy-Dit returned to Kenya&#8217;s capital \u200bNairobi on Saturday and is receiving \u200bmedical treatment after his health deteriorated in \u2060detention in the South Sudanese capital Juba, \u200bthe family said in a statement.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Gaddhaffy-Dit, who \u200balso holds Kenyan citizenship, was seized by armed, masked men after leaving a casino on the outskirts \u200bof Nairobi in early June, according to \u200ba report filed to police by his wife at \u200cthe \u2060time that cited witness accounts.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Kenyan activist Boniface Mwangi said in June that Gaddhaffy-Dit had told him in April that he shared \u200binformation about \u200ballegations of \u2060high-level corruption in South Sudan.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">South Sudan\u2019s government spokesperson, Ateny Wek Ateny, \u200bdid not immediately respond to a \u200brequest \u2060for comment.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">South Sudan&#8217;s government has regularly dismissed accusations of systematic human rights abuses and \u2060widespread \u200bcorruption.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Kenyan and South Sudanese officials \u200bsaid in June they were not aware of Al-Gaddhaffy-Dit&#8217;s \u200bdisappearance.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&#8211;Reuters&#8211;<a title=\"Original URL: https:\/\/sabc-plus.com\/. Click or tap if you trust this link.\" href=\"https:\/\/zaf01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fsabc-plus.com%2F&amp;data=05%7C02%7CMalobolaBM%40sabc.co.za%7C7ba1df7b59cb4ed531c408def6d70277%7C17694f0c19394195913e8542ec6bea22%7C0%7C0%7C639219600481477641%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=ip3xtADjOYDlIEQIXL77wcdnyFQvcELa%2FEu%2FwFg%2FFQ4%3D&amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-outlook-id=\"d26f0fe1-78c1-48c7-a452-355e3a28cd75\" data-linkindex=\"0\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBTAA7\" data-imagetype=\"External\" data-imageproxyendpoint=\"\/actions\/ei\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":13699,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[26],"class_list":["post-42059","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"","published_date":"","news_description":"South Sudanese whistleblower has been released","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/42059","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/42059\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42062,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/42059\/revisions\/42062"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13699"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42059"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=42059"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}