South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir Mayardit on Thursday promoted judges across various court levels in the country, according ...

Kiir’s trip to the Gulf nation, where he spent 10 days, had sparked widespread speculation that he was ill. However, ...

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Salva Kiir Mayardit, the bearded former army general who is poised to become the President of the world’s youngest republic is no stranger to Kenyans. He has been to Kenya on countless occasions ...

Salva Kiir Mayardit has served as South Sudan’s president since the country’s independence in 2011. South Sudan’s secession from Sudan came on the heels of a long and bloody civil war that ...

With South Sudan's President Salva Kiir undergoing medical tests abroad after years of rumours about his health, analysts say ...

South Sudan's President Salva Kiir, who has been in office for over a decade, will run for president in elections due to be held in about two years, his party said on Tuesday.

Kiir has been the president of South Sudan since 2011 following his country’s vote for independence from the north. The president of #SouthSudan , Salva Kiir Mayardit, peed himself in public ...

President Salva Kiir dissolved the country’s 10 states and created 28 new ones, a move critics say will threaten the peace deal signed in August. By The Associated Press An Island Refuge ...