South Sudan’s revolving door as transition looms
Saturday August 31 2024
South Sudan's President Salva Kiir Mayardit arrives for the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (Igad) 42nd Extraordinary Session, at the State House in Entebbe, Uganda on January 18, 2024. PHOTO | REUTERS
South Sudan’s senior state officials may be in, and out of, government, any time. That has been President Salva Kiir’s nature of operation since 2020, where several senior officials were appointed and chucked in under a year in office.
The country is currently heading towards a critical time in transition where President Kiir has to decide whether to hold elections in December as earlier planned or extend the transitional government of national unity and allow time for preparations.
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