South Sudan’s Kiir sacks finance minister, central bank governor

His Excellency President Salva Kiir has removed the finance minister and central bank governor from their posts, a decree read on state-run television said.

The decree said Kiir had named Dier Tong Ngor as finance minister to replace Agak Acuil Lual, while the central bank’s first deputy governor, Johnny Ohisa Damian, will replace Moses Makur Deng as governor in an acting capacity.