JUBA, April 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir has replaced his foreign affairs minister who had been in office for less than a year.
James Pitia Morgan, who was appointed last August, was replaced in a presidential decree read out on state television on Thursday night. Morgan has been reassigned as envoy for the Great Lakes region.
Before becoming foreign affairs minister, Morgan was South Sudan’s ambassador to Ethiopia.
He has now been replaced by his former deputy, Ramadan Abdallah Goch, the first Muslim to head the foreign ministry.
Kiir also replaced Mayen Wol Dut, the long-serving undersecretary for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and appointed him as South Sudan’s new ambassador to China.
There were no reasons given for the latest reshuffle.
Observers say it could be a political tactic for Kiir ahead of elections, scheduled for December. — NNN-AGENCIES
