South Sudan president sacks Upper Nile governor after militia clashes

Credit: Reuters/NAN South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir has sacked the governor of northeastern Upper Nile state where clashes have escalated between government troops and an ethnic militia. Kiir accused the governor James Odhok Oyay of allying with his rival and First Vice President Riek Machar. The latest development compounds a confrontation between the two men [...]The post South Sudan president sacks Upper Nile governor after militia clashes appeared first on National Daily Newspaper.

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