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Namibia: South Sudan leader sacks powerful vice-president in shock move – News

Namibia: South Sudan leader sacks powerful vice-president in shock move – News

Africa Links 24 with Nichola Mandil
Published on 2025-11-14 06:04:30

South Sudan’s leader Salva Kiir has in a shock move dismissed one of his vice-presidents, Benjamin Bol Mel, who had been tipped as his possible successor.

Kiir stripped Bol Mel of his military rank of general and dismissed him from the national security service. He also sacked the central bank governor and the head of the revenue authority, both considered close allies of Bol Mel.

No explanation was given for the dismissals, which were announced in a decree broadcast on state…

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