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Kiir and his right-hand man vying for leadership of Juba peace deal's monitoring mechanism

South Sudan's president Salva Kiir and his security adviser Tut Kew Gatluak are said to be eyeing the direction of the future international peacekeeping mechanism in Sudan. [...] (347 words)

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Yasir Arman, SPLM-N vice president. © Marwan Ali/EPA/Newscom/MaxPPP

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South Sudan Presidential Affairs Minister Barnaba Marial Benjamin. © Riccardo De Luca/Update Images Press/MaxPPP

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Jean-Christophe Belliard, French candiate for the head of UNITAMS, the UN mission to help Sudan with its political transition. © Twitter/DR

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