South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir has once again shaken the political table, sacking Josephine Joseph Lagu and reinstating Hussein Abdelbagi Akol as Vice President in a sudden reshuffle that sent ripples through Juba’s power corridors.
The move, announced on Thursday evening on SSBC, ends Lagu’s tenure as Vice President for the Services Cluster and marks a dramatic return for Abdelbagi, a familiar figure in South Sudan’s top leadership.
As with many of Kiir’s high-stakes decisions, the announcement came swift and decisive no lengthy explanations, just a clear signal that the political chessboard has been reset.
In South Sudanese politics, exits are rarely final and returns are never quiet and this latest switch is a reminder that in Juba, power can change hands in a heartbeat.
