South Sudan announces Cabinet for unity government

JUBA, South Sudan

South Sudan’s president on Thursday announced the Cabinet for the transitional coalition government formed last month in line with a revitalized peace agreement reached in September 2018.

According to a decree read on state-run South Sudan Broadcasting Corporation, President Salva Kiir’s side has 20 ministries in the unity government.

His aides in the Cabinet include Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Minister Beatrice Kamisa Wani, Interior Minister Paul Mayom, Justice and Constitutional Affairs Minister Ruben Madol Arol, Information Minister Michael Makuei Lueth, and Finance and Planning Minister Garang Mabiordit.

First Vice President Riek Machar’s party -- Sudan People's Liberation Movement-in-Opposition (SPLM-IO)