Kiir has been president of South Sudan since the country gained independence in 2011.
A group of journalists were detained in South Sudan this week after circulating a video that showed the country’s president appearing to wet himself during a national event, the national journalists’ union said Saturday.
The December footage showed a dark stain spreading down President Salva Kiir’s pants as he stood up for the national anthem during the inauguration of a new road. Although the video never aired on national television, it was distributed
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Journalists detained over footage appearing to show South Sudan president wet himselfSix journalists in South Sudan have been detained over the circulation of footage showing President Salva Kiir appearing to wet himself at an official event, the national journalists union said on Saturday. The footage from December showed a dark stain spread down the 71-year-old president's grey trousers as he stood for the national anthem at a road commissioning event. The video never aired on television but subsequently circulated on social media. The journalists, who work with the state-run South Sudan Broadcasting Corporation, were detained on Tuesday and Wednesday, said Patrick Oyet, president of the South Sudan Union of Journalists. They “are suspected of having knowledge on how the video of the president urinating himself came out,” he told Reuters. South Sudan Information Minister Michael Makuei and National Security Service spokesperson David Kumuri did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
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