00:00More changes at the top of South Sudan's government on Wednesday as President Salva Keir fired the country's army chief
00:07and a finance minister who'd been in office for less than three months.
00:12General Paul Nang had been head of the military since October, but was under scrutiny over the nation's worsening security
00:19situation.
00:20He's been replaced by General Santino Deng Wall, who previously held the post from 2020 to 2024.
00:28At the end of April, Keir sacked the foreign minister and the head of the country's internal security bureau.
00:36Analysts say the president's frequent reshuffles are part of an attempt to maintain a grip on power amid ongoing instability
00:43and speculation over his eventual successor.
00:47South Sudan has faced repeated delays in implementing a 2018 peace agreement that ended the country's five-year civil war.
00:55Under the deal, Keir has the authority to appoint and dismiss top officials at both national and state levels.
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