South Sudan’s president insisted Friday that the security situation was “normal” and that people had no reason to worry, three days after dismissing powerful army chief Paul Malong. President Salva Kiir’s dismissal of Malong on Tuesday night has raised concern among the population who fear confrontation between soldiers loyal to each man. Speaking at the … Read more
South Sudan President Salva Kiir sacked his powerful, hardline army chief Paul Malong on Tuesday, a government spokesman said. General Paul Malong, long regarded as an ethnic nationalist of Kiir’s majority Dinka tribe, was replaced by General James Ajongo Mawut, a career soldier. “The decrees are two: one for the relief of Chief of General … Read more
South Sudan’s army said Tuesday a general who quit after accusing President Salva Kiir and his tribe of “ethnic cleansing” was corrupt and had fled to evade arrest. Lieutenant-General Thomas Cirillo Swaka, then deputy chief of general staff for logistics, resigned last week accusing Kiir, aides and other army officers of violating a 2015 peace … Read more
South Sudanese President Salva Kiir has sacked his longer – serving central bank governor Korneilo Koryom Mayik and his deputy John Dor amidst the country economic collapse. This comes a week after a Swiss firm offered to bail out the country’s empty coffers. According to a decree broadcast on state television on Saturday, the outgone … Read more