(Economist) South Sudan Politics becomes more toxic as the president sacks friends and foes

In a statement read out on South Sudanese television on July 23rd, President Salva Kiir, a former guerrilla commander with a penchant for cowboy hats, dissolved his cabinet, fired his vice-president and deposed the chairman of the ruling party. This … Continue reading (Economist) South Sudan Politics becomes more toxic as the president sacks friends and foes