The African Union chose its new leadership, and now faces several peace and security challenges which the International Crisis Group (ICG) described as "forbidding". This is an extract of ICG's ...

I was informed that the ‘Big Man,’ whom I understood to mean Salva Kiir Mayardit of South Sudan ... Sudan—Africa’s prodigal son that has long been lost—will return to its familial ...

The practice of grooming successors is not limited to any one region or political system; it is observed in democracies, ...

NAIROBI, Feb 11 (Reuters) - South Sudan's President Salva Kiir has dismissed his intelligence chief and two of the country's vice-presidents, replacing one of his closest allies with a senior ...

February 10, 2025 (JUBA) – South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir has sacked Vice President James Wani Igga, replacing him with Benjamin Bol Mel. The decree was announced by the state-owned SBBC ...

South Sudan’s deputy president Riek Machar has threatened to withdraw from the 2018 peace agreement after President Salva Kiir dismissed multiple officials, including two vice presidents ...

Juba: South Sudan's President Salva Kiir has fired his new security chief and promoted an ally to vice-president in what was speculated as a possible move to prepare his succession. Kiir fired two ...

South Sudan's President Salva Kiir has dismissed his intelligence chief and two of the country's vice-presidents, replacing one of his closest allies with a senior advisor whom analysts believe ...

The South Sudanese president has not given reasons for the latest changes in government South Sudan's President Salva Kiir has sacked two of his vice-presidents, the country's spy chief and other ...

despite ongoing disagreements with President Salva Kiir over the dismissal of two senior party officials from the government. The SPLM-IO protested the president's move to fire Alfred Futuyo ...

South Sudan's President Salva Kiir has sacked two of his vice-presidents, the country's spy chief and other senior officials. The dismissals were announced in a series of presidential decrees read ...