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South Sudan president sacks powerful vice president Bol Mel

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JUBA (Reuters) -South Sudan President Salva Kiir on Wednesday dismissed Vice President Benjamin Bol Mel, who had been widely rumoured to be his preferred successor, in a decree read out on state television.

Kiir also sacked the governor of the central bank and the head of the country’s revenue authority, the decree said.

(Writing by Aaron RossEditing by Gareth Jones)

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