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Vol 67 No 20 |
- SOUTH SUDAN
Absolute power appears to be the sole objective of President Salva Kiir Mayardit's moves to dissolve government but replace it by decree with a handpicked caretaker administration...
A revised National Elections Act signed by Salva Kiir on 21 September allows him to remain in office with full constitutional powers – without any checks and balances – during the campaign period...
There is no electoral register or census in place after Salva Kiir passed amendments to the 2018 peace agreement in June making them optional (AC Vol 67 No 7 Siege mentality pushes politics to brink)...
Nor are there any other candidates on the presidential ballot apart from Salva Kiir – Garang Malong Awan the son of Salva Kiir's former chief of staff General Paul Malong Awan had hoped to be on the ballot but was conspicuous by his absence (AC Vol 65 No 20 Salva Kiir extends his rule as the oil cash runs out)...
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Washington's labelling of Crawford Capital which manages most of South Sudan's non-oil revenues as a ‘corrupt entity' lands close to President Salva Kiir Mayardit's office and his family...
It exposes a company and a network that non-governmental organisations and the UN have accused of diverting state resources and aid funds in alliance with political appointees (Dispatches 18/5/26 Washington turns on Salva Kiir on corruption and governance)...
' ADUT SALVA KIIR'S SHADOW TREASURY President Salva Kiir Mayardit and his family are among the strongest defenders of Crawford Capital and its affiliated companies such as British-registered Capital Pay...
The principal shareholder of Capital Pay with a 61% stake is Garang Mayom Kuoc Malek a wealthy businessman closely linked to Adut Salva Kiir the President's daughter...
Formerly a contender to succeed Salva Kiir Mel was stripped of his rank without explanation in November...
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Vol 67 No 11 |
- SOUTH SUDAN
By imposing visa restrictions on the Salva Kiir government which it says has left the country ‘on the brink of a return to all-out war' Washington has signalled to Juba that it is on the watch list for more serious financial sanctions...
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Vol 67 No 7 |
- SOUTH SUDAN
After he ordered his arrest and detention a year ago President Salva Kiir Mayardit systematically replaced all Machar loyalists in government the national assembly and party structures with his own appointees...
Describing him as a ‘tireless peacemaker and steadfast champion of the values of the UN ' Guterres said that Haysom ‘devoted his life to justice dialogue and reconciliation' (AC Vol 65 No 20 Salva Kiir extends his rule as the oil cash runs out)...
Vol 67 No 7 |
- SOUTH SUDAN
How President Salva Kiir Mayardit's government with its reliance on foreign aid could finance such reparations is another question...
(AC Vol 65 No 20 Salva Kiir extends his rule as the oil cash runs out)...
Youssouf has little diplomatic clout and was swiftly rebuffed by South Sudan's President Salva Kiir when he attempted to mediate following the arrest of Vice-President Riek Machar (AC Vol 66 No 7 Salva sidelines Riek)...
A ceasefire gives them breathing space and time to train younger recruits from the Sahel and South Sudan while improving logistics by collaborating with Libya's eastern warlord Gen Khalifa Haftar Chadian President Idriss Déby Mahamat ‘Kaka' Central African Republic President Faustin-Archange Touadéra Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and South Sudanese President Salva Kiir...
Vol 66 No 23 |
- SOUTH SUDAN
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 Salva sidelines Riek)...
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A trip has been made easier by President Salva Kiir's decision to accept United States deportees after President Donald Trump threatened to revoke all visas for South Sudanese...
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