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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Saeed Kamali Dehghan

Londoner continues epic trans-Africa run after release from South Sudan jail

Portrait of a man sitting in a car
The Ugandan-born British runner Deo Kato, who was arrested in South Sudan while running from Cape Town to London. Photograph: Courtesy of Deo Kato

A Ugandan-born Londoner on a 9,000-mile run from South Africa to London has been released from jail in South Sudan, his partner has told the Guardian.

Deo Kato had already run more than the length of Africa – the equivalent of more than 200 marathons – when he was arrested near Juba, the capital of South Sudan, on 2 June. His partner and project manager, Alice Light, had no idea where he was, only discovering he was in prison on 17 June.

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