BREAKING: Kiir sacks presidential affairs minister

South Sudan’s minister in the office of the president Mayiik Ayii Deng (File photo)

June 2, 2020 (SSNN) – South Sudan’s president, Salva Kiir Mayardit, has sacked the country’s minister for presidential affairs, Mayiik Ayii Deng, replacing him with a former former foreign minister.

The decree which did not give reasons for Ayii’s removal was read out on the state-owned South Sudan Broadcasting Corporation (SSBC).

In a separate decree, the president appointed former Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Nhial Deng Nhial who for the most recent time served a senior presidential advisor.

In a separate decree, Kiir also sacked the deputy Executive Director of Administration and Finance in the office of the president Gabriel Bol Deng. A replacement was not immediately named.

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