South Sudan’s president dissolves government ahead of country’s first elections

South Sudan President Salva Kiir has dissolved the transitionalgovernment, three months before the country’s first election since its independence in 2011. The country has previously postponed elections twice and extended the transitional period several times. Under the amended law, signed on Monday, Kiir removed the country’s five vice-presidents and dissolved parliament, as well as national […] The post South Sudan’s president dissolves government ahead of country’s first elections appeared first on The Namibian .