South Sudan President Salva Kiir on Wednesday dismissed Benjamin Bol Mel as vice president and deputy leader of the ruling party, according to a decree read on state television, cutting ties with a man widely rumoured to be Kiir's own preferred successor.
The President also fired the governor of the central bank and the head of the revenue authority, both seen as close to Bol Mel, who was appointed as one of the country's five vice presidents in February.
