South Sudan's President Salva Kiir said on Friday he had pardoned two senior government officials and promised to release other political prisoners, as his rule faces surging resistance, warfare and famine. I have come to pardon General Elias Waya and General Andrea Dominic,” Kiir said at a gathering in the capital Juba. "Any other political detainees, I will release them all tomorrow and the day after tomorrow." On Monday, disaffected Lieutenant General Thomas Cirillo Swaka accused Kiir of turning the country's military into a "tribal army". Read: Ex-South Sudan general forms rebel group, vows to topple President Kiir

Source: The Star March 10, 2017 19:32 UTC