South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir has dismissed two ministers and the state governor of Warrap state in the north. Mr Kiir dismissed the presidential affairs minister, Barnaba Marial Benjamin, as well as the minister of trade, Kuol Athian, in a decree read on state TV on Monday night. He also …
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Leaders of Sudan’s warring army and paramilitary forces agreed to a seven-day truce from May 4 to 11 in a phone call with South Sudanese President Salva Kiir, the ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Tuesday. “General Abdel Fattah al-Burhane (…) and General Mohamed Hamdane Daglo (…) have agreed in …
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Kenya’s presidential candidate, Raila Odinga, is in Uganda to meet President Yoweri Museveni to discuss issues concerning the two neighboring countries. Mr Odinga, considered one of the favorites in the August 9 presidential election, paid a courtesy visit to President Museveni. In a tweet about the meeting, he said: ”We …
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The President of South Sudan, Salva Kiir, by decree, sacked the governor of the Central Bank Dier Tong Ngor and appointed a new head of the institution. The dismissal of Mr Ngor was announced on the national broadcaster on Monday night but no reasons were given. Moses Makur Deng who …
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The South Sudanese government is urging the military and differing parties in neighbouring Sudan to quickly return to dialogue amid a coup. A statement issued by the South Sudanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs said President Salva Kiir expressed his unwavering solidarity with the Sudanese people. Read also: We want to …
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South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir has sacked the state oil corporation boss Bol Ring Mourwel. No reasons were given for the sacking announced in a presidential decree on the state broadcaster on Thursday night. A new boss for the Nile Petroleum Corporation (Nilepet) is yet to be appointed. It is …
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