President Kiir sacks finance minister Bak Barnaba Chol

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South Sudan's President Salva Kiir Mayardit. PHOTO | REUTERS

South Sudan President Salva Kiir on Friday evening sacked the Minister for Finance and Planning Bak Barnaba Chol, replacing him with Daniel Daniel Chuong, an engineer.

In a presidential decree issued in Juba, the capital of South Sudan, Kiir did not give any reason for the dismissal of the Finance minister.