Mogae tightens grip on South Sudan president

Mogae
Mogae

Former president Festus Mogae says that South Sudan should not be plunged back into war over the controversy of a creation of 28 states.

Mogae is chairperson of the Joint Monitoring and Evaluation Commission (JMEC) in the South Sudan conflict.

The troubled country’s president Salva Kiir, according to the South Sudan media, has sought to establish 28 new states largely along ethnic lines, replacing the 10 existing states. Kiir also appointed 28 state governors from his party.

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