Marial Chanuong Yol Mangok

During the same reshuffle in which he replaced his Finance Minister Salva also sacked the powerful general Marial Chanuong Yol the former head of Salva's elite 'Tiger' presidential guard who was serving as the Assistant Chief of Staff for operations training and intelligence...

In early 2016 tensions grew between Cirillo and President Salva Kiir over the grabbing of Bari land – including land where Cirillo's own family is buried – by Dinka officers and cattle-herders under the command of SPLA head of ground forces and former head of Salva's personal guard Marial Chanuong a UN sanctions-listed Dinka from Lakes State...

This is a war crime under international law and could attract sanctions which Washington is threatening to expand beyond the Republican Guard Commander Major General Marial Chanuong Yol Mangok and former Vice-President Riek's ally Peter Gatdet Yaka (AC Vol 55 No 10 The end of the beginning)...

On 6 May the US Office of Foreign Assets Control 'specially designated' the Bul Nuer warlord along with the Republican Guard Commander Marial Chanuong Yol Mangok...