Centralising all power under his office ahead of elections scheduled for 22 December South Sudan's President Salva Kiir Mayardit has dissolved the transitional government and legislatures while retaining the presidency until an elected successor takes office...

After dissolving the Reconstituted Transitional Government of National Unity and installing a hand-picked ‘caretaker administration' on 22 September President Salva Kiir Mayardit reverted to familiar caprice: sacking health minister John Gai Yoh after two days in post and removing the deputy chief of the National Security Bureau Lieutenant General Napoleon Adok Gai...

' This could have implications for Crawford Capital appointed as a tax collector by the Juba government but named by the United States as a ‘corrupt entity' (AC 67 No 11 Washington hits Salva Kiir's revenue machine)...

President Salva Kiir Mayardit insists everything is on track and any problems will be resolved through the Inter-Party Dialogue he launched in Juba on 24 September (Dispatches 28/9/26 Salva Kiir retains sweeping powers ahead of ‘one-party state' election in December)...

Washington's labelling of Crawford Capital which manages most of South Sudan's non-oil revenues as a ‘corrupt entity' lands close to President Salva Kiir Mayardit's office and his family...

It exposes a company and a network that non-governmental organisations and the UN have accused of diverting state resources and aid funds in alliance with political appointees (Dispatches 18/5/26 Washington turns on Salva Kiir on corruption and governance)...

' ADUT SALVA KIIR'S SHADOW TREASURY President Salva Kiir Mayardit and his family are among the strongest defenders of Crawford Capital and its affiliated companies such as British-registered Capital Pay...

The principal shareholder of Capital Pay with a 61% stake is Garang Mayom Kuoc Malek a wealthy businessman closely linked to Adut Salva Kiir the President's daughter...

Formerly a contender to succeed Salva Kiir Mel was stripped of his rank without explanation in November...

After he ordered his arrest and detention a year ago President Salva Kiir Mayardit systematically replaced all Machar loyalists in government the national assembly and party structures with his own appointees...

Describing him as a ‘tireless peacemaker and steadfast champion of the values of the UN ' Guterres said that Haysom ‘devoted his life to justice dialogue and reconciliation' (AC Vol 65 No 20 Salva Kiir extends his rule as the oil cash runs out)...

How President Salva Kiir Mayardit's government with its reliance on foreign aid could finance such reparations is another question...

(AC Vol 65 No 20 Salva Kiir extends his rule as the oil cash runs out)...

Youssouf has little diplomatic clout and was swiftly rebuffed by South Sudan's President Salva Kiir when he attempted to mediate following the arrest of Vice-President Riek Machar (AC Vol 66 No 7 Salva sidelines Riek)...

A ceasefire gives them breathing space and time to train younger recruits from the Sahel and South Sudan while improving logistics by collaborating with Libya's eastern warlord Gen Khalifa Haftar Chadian President Idriss Déby Mahamat ‘Kaka' Central African Republic President Faustin-Archange Touadéra Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and South Sudanese President Salva Kiir...

With the economy racing downhill the peace process ever more fragile and the political landscape dominated by the treason trial of former First Vice-President Riek Machar Teny Dhurgon and his associates embattled President Salva Kiir Mayardit did what he does best – reshuffling his cabinet (AC Vol 66 No 7 Salva sidelines Riek)...