South Sudan’s envoy to South Africa dies of coronavirus in Juba
South Sudan’s former Ambassador to South Africa Paul Macuei Malok in his office (Photo credit: Facebook)
May 18, 2020 (SSNN) – South Sudan’s ambassador to South Africa has died of COVID-19 days after struggling with the sickness caused by the novel coronavirus, sources familiar with the development said.
“Ambassador Paul Macuei Malok died on Sunday night at the Dr. John Garang Infectious Diseases Centre after contracting the novel coronavirus,” one source in Juba familiar with the demise told South Sudan News Now (SSNN) from Juba.
Another person wrote on his social media Facebook timeline praising the late ambassador saying the world’s youngest nation had “lost [a] great patriot, diplomat, educationist, fighter and true liberator. We lost [a] living dictionary.”
Ambassador Malok hails from Lakes state’s Awerial county. He has been described by many as a “teacher of generations.”
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