The president of South Sudan peed on live TV during an official act

South Sudan’s president urinated on live television during a public event in the North African country on Tuesday, according to videos broadcast by local media.

Save Kiir Mayardit, 71, was in full view of television cameras at the time of the crash, which reportedly took place during a groundbreaking ceremony for a new road. Apparently, a cameraman tried to avoid Kiir’s blush by quickly moving away from the leader as he looked at his darkened trousers.

In the images, Kiir sported his signature black hat, a look he adopted after George W. Bush gifted him such a hat during a visit to the White House in 2006. Kiir has been president of South Sudan since 2011, after his country voted for independence from the north.

The president is believed to be suffering from a urinary tract infection, according to Sahara reporters.

The incident drew mixed reactions on social media with some expressing support for the president, who still holds public office, on Twitter.

Mtz Patrick said: “He’s 71, that’s not unusual for people his age.”

Another user tweeted, “Poor kid. Not his fault.”

urinary incontinence

Incontinence can affect men and women of any age, but is more common in women and the elderly, affecting about 30% of older women and 15% of men.

While incontinence is more common among older people, it’s not part of the normal aging process.. Incontinence can be sudden and temporary, such as when you are taking a medicine that has a diuretic effect, or it can be long lasting (chronic). Even chronic incontinence can sometimes be treated.

For example, urge incontinence is the uncontrolled loss of urine (moderate to significant amounts) that occurs immediately after having an overwhelming, urgent need to urinate. The need to get up to urinate during the night (nocturia) and nocturnal enuresis are common.

Violence rampant in South Sudan

At least 166 people have been killed and 237 injured in four months of clashes between armed militias in northwestern South Sudan, the UN high commissioner for human rights said on Wednesday.

The country has been plagued by political and inter-ethnic violence since its independence from Sudan in 2011.

Clashes between armed gangs and rival militias in South Sudan’s Upper Nile state have killed “at least 166 civilians and injured 237 in the past four months” and 20,000 people have also fled the violence, Volker Türk said in a statement.

“These killings, as well as reports of gender-based violence, kidnappings, destruction of property and looting, are serious human rights violations and must stop,” he said, calling on the authorities and community leaders “to act quickly to end the bloodshed.”