Photo: Jason PatinkinA South Sudanese government army soldier slaps his gun at Jebel Makor, 45 minutes outside South Sudan's capital Juba (file photo),South Sudan's President Salva Kiir has dismissed Paul Malong, the war-torn country's powerful army chief of staff. Malong was sacked via a presidential decree that was announced on Tuesday on national television by Kiir himself. South Sudan descended into conflict in December 2013 after Kiir accused his former deputy Riek Machar, who he had sacked earlier that year, of plotting a coup. These are security guards of the first vice president," State Minister of Information Jacob Akech Deng said. "No soldier died and the convoy of the first vice president has reached Bor safely."

Source: The North Africa Journal May 09, 2017 21:33 UTC