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Rais wa Sudan Kusini, Salva Kiir
Rais wa Sudan Kusini, Salva Kiir, amefanya mabadiliko makubwa ya uongozi kwa kumfuta kazi mkuu wa jeshi, mkuu wa polisi, na gavana wa benki kuu, kwa mujibu wa tangazo la shirika la habari la serikali SSBC. Hakutoa sababu za mabadiliko hayo. Paul Nang Majok ameteuliwa kuwa mkuu mpya wa majeshi, akichukua nafasi ya Jenerali Santino Wol, huku Abraham Peter Manyuat akichaguliwa kuwa Inspekta Jenerali mpya wa Polisi, akichukua nafasi ya Atem Marol Biar.
Kiir pia alimrudisha Johnny Ohisa Damian kuwa gavana wa benki kuu baada ya kumfuta kazi Oktoba 2023. Mabadiliko haya yanakuja wakati kukiwa na taarifa za wasiwasi ndani ya jeshi, ikiwemo wanajeshi kudai kutolipwa mishahara kwa karibu mwaka mmoja.
Katika muktadha wa mabadiliko haya, ghasia za hivi karibuni jijini Juba zilichochewa na jaribio la kumkamata mkuu wa zamani wa ujasusi. Oktoba mwaka huu, Kiir alimuondoa Akol Koor Kuc kutoka nafasi ya mkuu wa Huduma ya Usalama wa Taifa na kumteua mshirika wake wa karibu.
Sudan Kusini bado inakabiliwa na changamoto za kiuchumi zilizosababishwa na vita vya wenyewe kwa wenyewe vya 2013, huku robo ya wananchi wake wakiwa wakimbizi. Ingawa nchi hiyo imekuwa rasmi katika hali ya amani tangu makubaliano ya 2018, ghasia za kijamii bado zinaendelea. Uchaguzi mkuu uliokuwa umepangwa umeahirishwa hadi Desemba 2026, ikionyesha changamoto za mchakato wa amani.
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South Sudan's President Salva Kiir has fired the head of the country's military, the police chief and the central bank governor, an announcement made on the state-owned broadcaster SSBC said.
Kiir's announcement late on Monday gave no reasons for the dismissals. It said Kiir had appointed Paul Nang Majok as the army's chief of defence forces, replacing General Santino Wol.
Security sources with knowledge of the goings-on in the military said the changes could have stemmed from disquiet within the army ranks, adding that some soldiers had not been paid wages for about a year.
Army spokesperson Major General Lul Ruai Koang did not immediately respond when contacted for comment.
Michael Makuei, the information minister and government spokesperson, did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the reasons for the changes.
In late November, an attempt to arrest the former head of the intelligence service led to an eruption of heavy gunfire in the capital Juba.
In early October, Kiir had dismissed Akol Koor Kuc, who had led the National Security Service since the country's independence from Sudan in 2011, and appointed a close ally to replace him.
In the latest shake-up, Kiir also replaced James Alic Garang as the central bank governor, returning Johnny Ohisa Damian to the post after firing him in October 2023.
He named Abraham Peter Manyuat as the new Inspector General of Police, replacing Atem Marol Biar.
Abrupt changes to government leadership, especially in the finance ministry and the central bank, have been frequent in recent years and in 2020 alone the central bank governor was replaced twice.
South Sudan's economy has been depressed since a civil war that erupted in 2013, forcing about a quarter of its population to flee to neighbouring countries.
South Sudan has been formally at peace since a 2018 deal ended the five-year conflict responsible for hundreds of thousands of deaths, but violence between rival communities flares frequently.
It postponed a long-delayed national election until December 2026, reflecting the challenges facing the country's fragile peace process.
Source: Reuters
