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Vol 66 No 17

Published 29th August 2025


South Sudan

Salva’s family values

President Salva Kiir Mayardit has strengthened his control over his government’s economic ministries by appointing his eldest daughter, Adut Salva Kiir, as a senior economic advisor and dismissing two key economic ministers. Adut was appointed by presidential decree on 20 August as Presidential Envoy on Special Programmes – a role designed to fast-track sensitive initiatives requiring direct oversight from the presidency and which dilutes the authority of the investment and finance ministries.

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