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JUBA/NAIROBI - 27 May 2018

South Sudan defense minister hospitalized in Nairobi

Photo: defense minister Kuol Manyang Juuk
Photo: defense minister Kuol Manyang Juuk

South Sudan’s Defense Minister Kuol Manyang was rushed to hospital in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi on Saturday, according to his relatives.

"Minister Kuol was admitted to Nairobi Hospital ... due to a medical condition," one of his relatives told Radio Tamazuj.

They pointed out that the minister will be discharged after concluding a number of tests after suffering from high blood pressure.

Army spokesman in Juba Lul Ruai Koang said he had “no information” that the country’s defense minister has been hospitalized in Nairobi.