South Sudan's Salva Kiir fires finance minister, central bank governor

President Salva Kiir

South Sudanese President Salva Kiir. PHOTO | AFP

South Sudan President Salva Kiir Mayardiit, on Thursday night, fired his Finance and Economic Planning minister Agak Acuil eight months after appointing him.

Through a presidential decree, the President also sent home the central bank governor Moses Makur.