{"id":53661,"date":"2025-04-01T11:08:02","date_gmt":"2025-04-01T11:08:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/south-sudan-refutes-reports-of-riek-machar-s-wife-being-under-house-arrest\/"},"modified":"2025-04-01T10:39:04","modified_gmt":"2025-04-01T10:39:04","slug":"south-sudan-refutes-reports-of-riek-machar-s-wife-being-under-house-arrest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/south-sudan-refutes-reports-of-riek-machar-s-wife-being-under-house-arrest\/","title":{"rendered":"South Sudan refutes reports of Riek Machar’s wife being under house arrest"},"content":{"rendered":"

Addressing the press on Monday, March 31, 2025, David Amuor Majur, the President’s Press Secretary, termed the reports as unfounded.<\/p>\n

Teny, a key political figure in South Sudan, was reportedly detained alongside her husband, Machar, who has been under house arrest following a deadly attack in the Upper Nile region.<\/p>\n

Majur called the rumors “misleading” and urged the public to rely on official statements rather than unverified reports.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis claim is false and does not accurately reflect the situation. The government of South Sudan respectfully refutes the assertion that Minister Angelina Teny is under house arrest,\u201d Majur said.<\/p>\n

Machar\u2019s detention is related to ongoing investigations into the attack on March 7 that resulted in the deaths of General Majur Dak and several other individuals.<\/p>\n

The South Sudanese government has faced significant scrutiny after Machar was placed under house arrest in the wake of the Nasir incident. The attack targeted a group attempting to board a United Nations helicopter for evacuation, prompting authorities to initiate investigations into potential militia involvement linked to Machar\u2019s supporters.<\/p>\n

During the Monday press briefing, the President’s Press Secretary also accused Kenya\u2019s Special Envoy to South Sudan, Raila Odinga, of misrepresenting some facts following his recent visit to Juba.<\/p>\n

Majur strongly refuted the claim that the South Sudanese government directed Raila to meet Uganda\u2019s President Yoweri Museveni after being denied a chance to meet Machar.<\/p>\n

Majur insisted that Raila\u2019s journey to Uganda was pre-arranged and not recommended by President Salva Kiir\u2019s administration, as Odinga had stated during his interview upon landing back in Nairobi.<\/p>\n

\u201cFurthermore, the suggestion that His Excellency General Salva Kiir Mayardit, President of the Republic of South Sudan, requested the Right Honourable Raila Odinga to meet with the President of Uganda is misrepresenting diplomatic norms and principles,\u201d Majur told the media.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is essential to clarify that the Right Honourable Odinga\u2019s mission to Uganda was pre-arranged and not directly from the government of South Sudan,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

The Kenyan government appointed Odinga as its special envoy to South Sudan amid rising tensions following Machar\u2019s arrest on March 26.<\/p>\n

Kenya’s President William Ruto, who has been actively involved in mediation efforts within the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) region, made the appointment after consulting with regional leaders, including Kiir, Museveni, and Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed.<\/p>\n

Ruto stated that Odinga was tasked with engaging all parties to de-escalate the conflict and provide feedback on the situation.<\/p>\n

\"Angelina<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The South Sudanese government has denied recent reports alleging that Angelina Teny, the Interior Minister and wife of First Vice President Riek Machar, is under house arrest.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":131,"featured_media":2000084615,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[75],"byline":[192],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-53661","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-homenews","byline-wycliffe-nyamasege"],"bylines":[{"id":192,"name":"Wycliffe Nyamasege","slug":"wycliffe-nyamasege","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":131}],"contributors":[{"id":192,"name":"Wycliffe Nyamasege","slug":"wycliffe-nyamasege","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":131}],"featured_image":{"id":2000084615,"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/5xjdtsb940ds0umkcjjylp3s1kbciiii5suceqqs.jpg","alt":"","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","width":0,"height":0,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/5xjdtsb940ds0umkcjjylp3s1kbciiii5suceqqs.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/5xjdtsb940ds0umkcjjylp3s1kbciiii5suceqqs.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium_large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/5xjdtsb940ds0umkcjjylp3s1kbciiii5suceqqs.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/5xjdtsb940ds0umkcjjylp3s1kbciiii5suceqqs.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"full":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/5xjdtsb940ds0umkcjjylp3s1kbciiii5suceqqs.jpg","width":0,"height":0}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53661","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/131"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53661"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53661\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000084615"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53661"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53661"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53661"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=53661"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=53661"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}