Tragedy as Daughter of Detained South Sudan Ex-Minister Dies in Nairobi

Reports suggest that efforts by her father to be allowed to visit her in the hospital were denied by government authorities in the Sudanese capital of Juba, where he is detained...

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The daughter of detained former South Sudan Finance Minister Marial Dongrin Ater, Ayen Marial Dongrin, has died in Nairobi. She passed away on Tuesday morning, April 21, in a Nairobi hospital after reportedly being admitted to the ICU.

Ayen Marial Dongrin, daughter of the detained ex-minister, was undergoing treatment.
The former minister, Marial Dongrin Ater, was denied permission to travel from Juba to be with his daughter.
Dongrin has been detained for nearly two months on corruption allegations.