{"id":100,"date":"2016-02-12T14:12:00","date_gmt":"2016-02-12T14:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/communications.amecea.org\/index.php\/2016\/02\/12\/south-sudan-president-salva-kiir-re\/"},"modified":"2016-05-03T09:40:31","modified_gmt":"2016-05-03T09:40:31","slug":"south-sudan-president-salva-kiir-re","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/communications.amecea.org\/index.php\/2016\/02\/12\/south-sudan-president-salva-kiir-re\/","title":{"rendered":"SOUTH SUDAN: President Salva Kiir re-appoints Dr Machar as Vice President"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n
<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
President Salva Kiir<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
\nSouth
\nSudan’s President Salva Kiir has issued a decree on Thursday appointing his
\nrival Dr Riek Machar to be his first Vice President and James Wani Igga Second
\nVice President.<\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\nSalva
\nKiir\u2019s decree read over South Sudan Television on Thursday evening is an
\nimplementation of the peace agreement signed in August 2015.<\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\nMedia
\nagencies report that Dr Machar welcomed the appointment. He thanks President
\nKiir for the bold step taken so that the agreement can be implemented.<\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\n\u201cThere
\nis no way out except to implement the agreement,\u201d Dr Machar said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dr Riek Machar<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\nThe
\nannouncement returned the presidency to where it was soon before fighting
\nerupted between supporters of the two men in December 2013 – a conflict that
\nwent on to kill thousands of people and force more than two million to flee.<\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\nSouth
\nSudan has been mired in conflict since December 2013, when clashes broke out
\nbetween troops loyal to Kiir and soldiers backing Riek Machar, who previously
\nheld the vice president position.<\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

\nSOURCE: CRN<\/i><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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