Salva Kiir sacks S.Sudan’s Finance minister amid economic crisis

South Sudanese President Salva Kiir attends a press conference on February 15, 2020 in Juba.

Photo credit: Peter Louis | AFP

Juba. South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir Mayardit on Wednesday sacked his Finance and Economic Planning minister, as well as top officials in the country’s revenue and oil management offices, in sweeping changes that followed an economic crisis.

In a presidential decree read on state-run TV SSBC, Mr Kiir sacked Salvatore Garang Mabiordit, who was reappointed to serve in the Revitalised Transitional Government of National Unity only last February.