" JUBA Calvin Ridley Youth Jersey , May 11 (Xinhua) -- South Sudan's sacked army chief generalPaul Malong is harmless and has not rebelled against thegovernment, said senior officials on Thursday.
The Minister of Defence Kuol Manyang told Xinhua in Juba thatthey were in contact with the former General Chief of Staff, whoupon being relieved by President Salva Kiir from his job onTuesday, quietly retreated with a convoy of soldiers to his home ofAweil Julio Jones Youth Jersey , northwest of the capital, causing public fear and anxietyabout his next move.
""He (Malong) is not in the bush. It was when he was removed fromoffice that he went away (to Aweil) but he has not done yet anyharm or damage,"" Manyang told Xinhua.
""We are already talking to him. He is with the governor ofEastern Lakes state and he will be coming today,"" he added.
The former army chief Ito Smith Youth Jersey , who has been replaced by General JamesAjongo, was until his sacking a confidant and loyalist of PresidentKiir whose tenure at the helm of the South Sudan army (SPLA) wascharacterized by mass exodus of senior officers accusing the laterof favouring officers from his Dinka ethnic group.
Meanwhile, President Kiir's spokesman Ateny Wek Ateny alsoconfirmed Malong's imminent arrival in Juba but did not revealdetails whether the controversial General would meet President Kiirupon his arrival in the capital.
""He will be coming shortly. There are people who have beentalking to him and the President,"" Ateny disclosed.
Malong's leadership at SPLA had hugely become notorious duringcounter insurgency operations against rebels in Equatoria and UpperNile region amid accusations of civilian killings Deadrin Senat Youth Jersey , rape, lootingand indiscipline which analysts say could have caused hisouster.
He also played a huge role in the renewed July clash of 2016that ousted and forced into exile former first vice President RiekMachar having vowed prior to signing of the 2015 peace deal not toblock the rebel leader's return to the now transitional unitygovernment.
South Sudan descended into violence in December 2013 afterpolitical dispute between President Kiir and his former deputyMachar led to fighting that pitied mostly Dinka ethnic soldiersloyal to Kiir against Machar's Nuer ethnic group.
The 2015 peace agreement to end the violence was again violatedin July 2016 when the rival factions resumed fighting in thecapital forcing the rebel leader Machar to flee into exile.
The conflict has killed tens of thousands and displaced over 2million from their homes, and forced more than 1.5 million to fleeinto neighbouring countries. Enditem
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WASHINGTON, March 24 (Xinhua) -- U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Tuesday urged Congress to grant the Barack Obama administration the Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) so as to finalize ongoing free trade talks in a more efficient manner.
In order to drive global growth and prosperity Isaiah Oliver Youth Jersey , the first thing for the United States is to finalize the free trade agreements and the bilateral investment treaties that the country is currently working on, Kerry said at the SelectUSA Investment Summit, a biennial event initiated by the Obama administration in 2011 to streamline investment promotion efforts.
The administration is stepping up efforts to advance trade deals with Asia and Europe to cement a trade legacy. But to conclude these complex trade agreements, the White House needs first to get the TPA from Congress.
The TPA Qadree Ollison Youth Jersey , also known as fast-track, empowers the president to negotiate trade deals and then present them to Congress for up-or-down votes, with no amendments allowed. Fast track is popular with Republicans but has many Democratic critics.
Sending a call to Congress to support the free trade talks, Kerry said John Cominsky Youth Jersey ,"When I was in the Senate, I think I voted for every single free trade agreement."
At the summit, U.S. Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew also called on Congress to pass the TPA for an early conclusion of the trade deals.
Lew said that Congress will likely take up the TPA in the near future and stressed that passing the legislation is vital to promoting trade and increasing "middle class security" in a changing global economy.