South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir has sacked several judges who had been on strike over poor pay and living conditions for the last two months, officials said on Thursday. The world’s youngest country plunged into civil war in 2013 just two years after gaining independence following Kiir’s firing of his deputy, triggering a conflict fought largely along ethnic lines. “These judges who were supposed to deliver justice obstructed justice themselves. Now the complainers have been sacked,” said Guri Raymondo, a spokesperson for the judges’ union. South Sudan had only 274 judges on its payroll in its last budget, some of whom have since resigned.

Source: Egypt Independent July 13, 2017 09:22 UTC