PoliticsSouth Sudan president dissolves government ahead of first election

South Sudanese President Salva Kiir has dissolved the transitional government about three months before the country’s first election since independence in 2011. He removed five vice-presidents and dissolved parliament and national and state governments. Elections have previously been postponed twice, while Kiir will retain full constitutional powers until a successor is sworn in after the 22 December poll.

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