South Sudan’s state radio has announced the removal of the country’s seventh finance minister since 2020 per order of the country’s President Salva Kiir.
According to reports, reasons for the President’s decision to relieve Marial Dongrin Ater of his duties who had held the post since July 2024.
State radio said late on Thursday that Athian Ding Athian would take up the position, which he previously held between 2020 and 2021.
South Sudan’s economic performance has faced hurdles in recent years amid communal violence, with crude oil export revenue having dwindled since a 2013-2018 civil war and more recently export disruptions due to war in neighbouring Sudan.
The International Monetary Fund forecasts a 4.3% contraction of the economy for 2025, and inflation of 65.7% for the same period.
Kiir became South Sudan’s first president in 2011 when it gained independence from Sudan.
