JUBA — The United States Embassy in South Sudan on Tuesday reiterated its demand for a fresh and credible inquiry into the death of Christopher Allen, a freelance journalist who was killed in 2017 in the world’s youngest nation.
Allen, a dual US and British citizen, was killed during clashes between South Sudan government forces and rebels in Central Equatoria state’s town of Kaya on the South Sudan-Uganda border.
A statement issued on Tuesday by the U.S. embassy in Juba reiterated the need for a thorough and credible investigation into the 2017 death of freelance journalist Christopher Allen.
“August 26, 2025, marks the eighth anniversary of the death of U.S. journalist Christopher Allen in 2017. Mr. Allen was killed in South Sudan while covering the civil war between the SPLA and the SPLA in opposition,” the U.S. embassy issued this statement to mark the eighth anniversary of Allen’s death.
“We renew our call on the transitional government of South Sudan to conduct a credible investigation into Mr. Allen’s death and the disrespectful treatment of his remains.”
The government has repeatedly denied targeting Allen, who had been embedded with rebels from the Sudan People’s Liberation Army-in Opposition, or SPLA-IO, to cover the conflict that erupted just two years after the country declared independence in 2011.
In October 2023, the government formed a committee tasked to investigate Allen’s after international pressure from the U.S., UK, and journalistic and human rights bodies.
The March 21 report said Allen had entered South Sudan illegally and was not wearing any protective or press identification clothes at the time of the fighting between government forces and the then-rebel Sudan People’s Liberation Army-in Opposition in Kaya, a town on the Ugandan border.
