The dismissal of Akol Koor Kuc came weeks after the transitional government announced yet another election delay.

The dismissal of Akol Koor Kuc came weeks after the transitional government announced yet another election delay.

South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir has sacked his powerful and long-serving spy chief Gen Akol Koor Kuc. He became head of the feared National Security Services (NSS) after independence in 2011 and continued throughout the bitter civil war that followed.

South Sudan's President Salva Kiir Mayardit addresses the 78th Session of the U.N. General Assembly in New York City, U.S., September 21, 2023. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo NAIROBI (Reuters) - South Sudan's President Salva Kiir has dismissed the country's long-serving intelligence chief,