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With Government Dismissal, South Sudan’s Kiir Attempts to Sideline Rivals

With Government Dismissal, South Sudan’s Kiir Attempts to Sideline Rivals

On Tuesday, South Sudanese President Salva Kiir dismissed his vice president and suspended the secretary-general of the ruling Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM) along with all 29 Cabinet members and their deputies.

The move, which was announced in a decree read on national television, comes as the newly independent country faces a host of challenges, including continuing internal violence and negotiations with Sudan, its neighbor to the north.

“What we have been seeing in recent months is a more public and more tangible jockeying within the party as a prelude to the 2015 elections,” said Lesley Anne Warner, Africa analyst at CNA's Center for Strategic Studies.

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