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  Formation of transitional government begins in South Sudan
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AuthorSouth Sudan News Agency
News DateSaturday, February 22, 2020 03:25:00 AM UTC0:0
DescriptionJuba, February 21, 2020 (SSNA) — South Sudan’s warring parting has begun forming a transitional government of national unity by appointing four Vice Presidents and a few other posts.

In a government’s official statement obtained by the South Sudan News Agency (SSNA) today, President Salva Kiir appointed the leader of Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-In Opposition Dr. Riek Machar as the country’s First Vice President. The President also appointed James Wani Igga and Taban Deng Gai as Vice Presidents. Kiir also appointed Rebecca Nyandeng de Mabior- the wife of South Sudan’s revered leader late Dr. John Garang de Mabior who died in a mysterious helicopter crash in July 2005. Rebecca was appointed to represent former political detainees (FDs).
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