South Sudan’s President and Chairman of the ruling Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM) Salva Kiir has issued a decree sacking a long-serving youth leader.

Kiir, according to the state-owned media SSBC on Wednesday, broadcast by the state owned SSBC television on Wednesday, removed Akol Paul Kordit from his position as head of the SPLM Youth League.

In another decree, President Kiir appointed Emmanuel Lubari Joseph as a provisional Chairperson of the SPLM Youth League.

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