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South Sudan Activist Ajak Charged in US Over Illegal Arms

Kehinde Giwa by Kehinde Giwa
March 6, 2024
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South Sudan Activist Ajak Charged in US Over Illegal Arms

Peter Biar Ajak, a South Sudanese 35-year-old Harvard-educated economist, speaks after he was pardoned by Salva Kiir Mayardit, the South Sudanese President, at the Juba central prison in Juba, South Sudan, on January 4, 2020. - Peter Biar Ajak was detained in July 2018 and jailed to serve a 2-year prison sentence for spying after he gave interviews to foreign media. He has been outspoken in his criticism of the county's new leadership and its failure to stop six years of civil war in which nearly 400,000 people are thought to have died. His arrest was condemned by the United States of America. (Photo by Majak Kuany / AFP) (Photo by MAJAK KUANY/AFP via Getty Images)

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Prominent South Sudanese activist Peter Biar Ajak, along with compatriot Abraham Chol Keech, faces charges in a US district court for allegedly conspiring to purchase and illegally export weapons valued at millions of dollars. 

The accusations involve colluding to acquire items like automatic rifles, grenade launchers, Stinger missile systems, and hand grenades, prohibited by two US laws, destined for South Sudan. 

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Despite the UN Security Council’s arms embargo on South Sudan since 2018, the accused have not responded to the allegations. 

The court disclosed an illicit scheme involving a $4 million contract for weapons, alongside a “fake contract” for consulting services, including communication equipment for refugee camps. 

Peter Biar Ajak, a Harvard fellow critical of President Salva Kiir’s government, previously faced arrest in 2018, resulting in a two-year prison sentence, later pardoned by the president in January 2020. 

The South Sudanese foreign affairs ministry has yet to comment on the recent arrest.

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