Controversial Facebooker ‘Mama’ Amira Ali banned from leaving country

JUBA – A court in South Sudan’s capital Juba has issued a decision banning controversial Facebooker Amira Ali Thomas who is better known as Mama Amira from leaving the country, according to court documents obtained by Sudans Post.

Amira who came from the United States last year was detained with orders from a public attorney in Juba for seven hours at a police station after she was accused by senior SPLM-IO member Nyenagwek Kuol of defamation on social media.

A court hearing which was initially scheduled for today has been adjourned to next Thursday after Ali said she was not feeling well.

One of her relatives was jailed on her behalf.

In an order directed to the administration of Juba International Airport this afternoon, a High Court judge said Amira Ali is not allowed to leave the country until the pending court case is finalized.

“You are authorized by the Gudele Criminal Court to prevent the accused Amira Ali Thomas from leaving the Republic of South Sudan via Airport or through the border crossings,” the order signed by Judge Thomas Deng reads.