US visa woes: South Sudan caves to pressure, accepts ‘Congolese’ deportee

South Sudan has backtracked on its initial refusal to admit a man it had claimed was a Congolese national deported by the United States. The reversal comes after the US imposed a sweeping visa ban on South Sudanese citizens.

South Sudan's foreign ministry initially had said that the decision stemmed from a case where an individual, mistakenly identified as South Sudanese, was wrongfully deported.