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Nichola Mandil Andre Rhoden-Paul
BBC News, Juba BBC News
South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir has sacked his foreign affairs minister who had been in office for less than a year. Two men have been charged with immigration offences after an investigation into the deaths of five migrants, including a child, in the English Channel.
James Pitia Morgan, who was appointed last August, was dismissed in a presidential decree read out on state television on Thursday night. Three men, a woman and a seven-year-old girl died in a crush on board a boat carrying 112 people on Tuesday.
Before becoming foreign affairs minister, Mr Morgan was South Sudan’s ambassador to Ethiopia. Tajdeen Abdulaziz Juma, from Sudan, and Yien Both, from South Sudan, have both been remanded in custody.
He has now been replaced by his former deputy, Ramadan Abdallah Goch. They are due to appear at Folkestone Magistrates' Court later.
President Kiir appointed Mr Morgan as his envoy for the Great Lakes region. The charged men are both aged 22 and accused of attempting to arrive in the UK without valid entry clearance.
Mr Kiir also dismissed Mayen Wol Dut, the long-serving undersecretary for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and appointed him as South Sudan’s new ambassador to China. Mr Both has also been charged with assisting unlawful immigration.
There were no reasons given for the latest reshuffle. A third man, 18, from Sudan, was arrested earlier this week and has been bailed pending further inquiries.
Observers say it could be a political tactic for Mr Kiir ahead of elections, scheduled for December. The vessel got into trouble early on Tuesday morning after leaving Wimereux in northern France, and police witnessed people entering the water from the overcrowded boat.
Mr Goch is the first Muslim to head the foreign ministry. It was one of several small boats which left France at about 03:00 local time.
Some 49 people were rescued but 58 others opted to remain in the boat and continue towards the UK, the coastguard said in a statement.
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