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South Sudan
Battle over appointment of Johnson Olony as Upper Nile governor jeopardizes peace agreement

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Upper Nile - Where the two Sudans and Ethiopia meet.
Upper Nile - Where the two Sudans and Ethiopia meet. © Africa Intelligence/Indigo Publications 2020

Vice president Riek Machar is insisting on having army commander Johnson Olony as head of the oil-producing state of Upper Nile. South Sudanese president Salva Kiir has refused to approve the appointment, however, even though, in so doing, he risks endangering the country's fragile transition process.

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