Kiir moves head of military intelligence to foreign service

File photo: President Salva Kiir

South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir has removed the head of military intelligence in the SPLA army from active military service and moved him to Foreign Service as third grade ambassador at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir has removed the head of military intelligence in the SPLA army from active military service and moved him to Foreign Service as third grade ambassador at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

President Kiir, according to the order announced by the state-owned South Sudan Broadcasting Corporation on Wednesday,  removed General Marial Nuor Jok from the directorate of Military Intelligence (MI). No immediate replacement was announced.

A second order by Kiir appointed Nuor as an ambassador at the foreign ministry.