South Sudan’s president sacks two vice-presidents, spy chief

South Sudanese President Salva Kiir has sacked two vice presidents, James Wani Igga and Hussein Abdelbagi Akol, in the latest reshuffle in the unity government.
In a presidential decree broadcast Monday evening by the South Sudan Broadcasting Corporation, Kiir also dismissed the head of the Internal Security Bureau of the National Security Service, Akech Tong Aleu.
DAILY POST reports that the country has been formally at peace since a 2018 deal ended a five-year civil war in which hundreds of thousands of people died.
However, the country remains in the grip of a humanitarian crisis because of sporadic violence, food insecurity, poor healthcare and extreme weather.
Wani Igga’s deputy press secretary said the outgoing vice-president wished all the best to those taking over and continuing with nation-building.
DAILY POST reports that South Sudan has five vice-presidents, with Kiir’s longtime rival and opposition leader Riek Machar serving as first vice-president.
South Sudan’s president sacks two vice-presidents, spy chief