South Sudan President Salva Kiir Mayardit has dismissed the country’s Inspector-General of Police Gen. Majak Akec Balok following rumours of a coup attempt.

The president in his decree read out on the state-owned South Sudan Broadcasting Corporation (SSBC) on Tuesday did not state any official reason for the decision. However, it comes just days after reports of unrest within the presidential guards, also known as Tiger Battalion, and the National Security Service (NSS), with sources claiming that around […]

South Sudan President Salva Kiir Mayardit has dismissed the country’s Inspector-General of Police Gen. Majak Akec Balok following rumours of a coup attempt. Read More »