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Vol 66 No 23

Published 21st November 2025


South Sudan

Spinning out of control

The dismissal of Salva Kiir’s closest ally in a chaotic reshuffle has left him looking increasingly isolated

With the economy racing downhill, the peace process ever more fragile and the political landscape dominated by the treason trial of former First Vice-President Riek Machar Teny Dhurgon and his associates, embattled President Salva Kiir Mayardit did what he does best – reshuffling his cabinet (AC Vol 66 No 7). He dismissed Finance Minister Athian Diing Athian after only two months, replacing him with Bak Barnaba Chol, who previously held the post between August 2023 and March 2024 – the eighth change in the past five years.

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