{"id":73426,"date":"2025-02-18T16:55:46","date_gmt":"2025-02-18T16:55:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/kiir-appoints-new-spy-chief-relieves-press-secretary-in-reshuffle"},"modified":"2025-02-18T16:55:46","modified_gmt":"2025-02-18T16:55:46","slug":"kiir-appoints-new-spy-chief-relieves-press-secretary-in-reshuffle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/kiir-appoints-new-spy-chief-relieves-press-secretary-in-reshuffle","title":{"rendered":"Kiir appoints new spy chief, relieves press secretary in reshuffle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; South-Sudan. <\/strong><\/span>President Salva Kiir appointed Gen. Charles Ciec Mayor as new national security chief, while he relieved and reassigned presidential press secretary Lily Martin Adheiu, in a reshuffle on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Gen. Ciec was named Director General of Internal Security Bureau \u2013 National Security Service (ISB-NSS) replacing Gen. Aketch Tong Aleu who was relieved on February 10.<\/p>\n<p>In a separate decree, Kiir relieved Lily Martin Manyiel, the Press Secretary in his office and appointed her as South Sudan Ambassador to Ethiopia.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, he appointed David Amour as the new presidential press secretary. He was a pioneer of Sudan Radio Service currently known as Eye Radio.<\/p>\n<p>Born in Yirol in Lakes States, Amour began his education in Ethiopia after joining the Sudan People\u2019s Liberation Movement\/Army (SPLMA\/A) and training with the Intifada Division in Bonga, Ethiopia, in the 1988.<\/p>\n<p>In 2003, he joined Sudan Radio Services (SRS), which is currently Eye Radio, where he became an essential part of the team. His fluency in both Dinka, and Nuer enabled him to manage the two desks effectively and bridge communication gaps within the diverse communities of South Sudan.<\/p>\n<p>David Amuor was one of the few South Sudanese journalists who extensively covered the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) negotiations in Nairobi in 2005. Following the CPA\u2019s signing, Amuor transitioned from journalism to public service, taking a position within the government of South Sudan.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Amuor also served as a diplomat at the South Sudan Embassy in Kampala, Uganda.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">South-Sudan<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; South-Sudan. President Salva Kiir appointed Gen. Charles Ciec Mayor as new national security chief, while he relieved and reassigned presidential press secretary Lily Martin Adheiu, in a reshuffle on Monday. Gen. Ciec was named Director General of Internal Security Bureau \u2013 National Security Service (ISB-NSS) replacing Gen. Aketch Tong Aleu who was relieved [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":73425,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,12],"tags":[233],"class_list":["post-73426","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-south-sudan"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Kiir appoints new spy chief, relieves press secretary in reshuffle - South Sudan<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/kiir-appoints-new-spy-chief-relieves-press-secretary-in-reshuffle\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Kiir appoints new spy chief, relieves press secretary in reshuffle\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Africa-Press &#8211; South-Sudan. President Salva Kiir appointed Gen. Charles Ciec Mayor as new national security chief, while he relieved and reassigned presidential press secretary Lily Martin Adheiu, in a reshuffle on Monday. Gen. Ciec was named Director General of Internal Security Bureau \u2013 National Security Service (ISB-NSS) replacing Gen. Aketch Tong Aleu who was relieved [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/kiir-appoints-new-spy-chief-relieves-press-secretary-in-reshuffle\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"South Sudan\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-02-18T16:55:46+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/kiir-appoints-new-spy-chief-relieves-press-secretary-in-reshuffle#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/kiir-appoints-new-spy-chief-relieves-press-secretary-in-reshuffle\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Kiir appoints new spy chief, relieves press secretary in reshuffle\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-02-18T16:55:46+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/kiir-appoints-new-spy-chief-relieves-press-secretary-in-reshuffle\"},\"wordCount\":262,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/kiir-appoints-new-spy-chief-relieves-press-secretary-in-reshuffle#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/sites\/32\/2025\/02\/sm_1739888668.343837.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"South-Sudan\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/kiir-appoints-new-spy-chief-relieves-press-secretary-in-reshuffle#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/kiir-appoints-new-spy-chief-relieves-press-secretary-in-reshuffle\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/kiir-appoints-new-spy-chief-relieves-press-secretary-in-reshuffle\",\"name\":\"Kiir appoints new spy chief, relieves press secretary in reshuffle - South Sudan\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/kiir-appoints-new-spy-chief-relieves-press-secretary-in-reshuffle#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/kiir-appoints-new-spy-chief-relieves-press-secretary-in-reshuffle#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/sites\/32\/2025\/02\/sm_1739888668.343837.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-02-18T16:55:46+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/kiir-appoints-new-spy-chief-relieves-press-secretary-in-reshuffle#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/kiir-appoints-new-spy-chief-relieves-press-secretary-in-reshuffle\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/kiir-appoints-new-spy-chief-relieves-press-secretary-in-reshuffle#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/sites\/32\/2025\/02\/sm_1739888668.343837.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/sites\/32\/2025\/02\/sm_1739888668.343837.jpg\",\"width\":1080,\"height\":772,\"caption\":\"Kiir appoints new spy chief, relieves press secretary in reshuffle\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/kiir-appoints-new-spy-chief-relieves-press-secretary-in-reshuffle#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Kiir appoints new spy chief, relieves press secretary in reshuffle\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/\",\"name\":\"South Sudan\",\"description\":\"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"cfeditoren\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Kiir appoints new spy chief, relieves press secretary in reshuffle - South Sudan","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/kiir-appoints-new-spy-chief-relieves-press-secretary-in-reshuffle","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Kiir appoints new spy chief, relieves press secretary in reshuffle","og_description":"Africa-Press &#8211; South-Sudan. President Salva Kiir appointed Gen. Charles Ciec Mayor as new national security chief, while he relieved and reassigned presidential press secretary Lily Martin Adheiu, in a reshuffle on Monday. Gen. Ciec was named Director General of Internal Security Bureau \u2013 National Security Service (ISB-NSS) replacing Gen. Aketch Tong Aleu who was relieved [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/kiir-appoints-new-spy-chief-relieves-press-secretary-in-reshuffle","og_site_name":"South Sudan","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa","article_published_time":"2025-02-18T16:55:46+00:00","author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/kiir-appoints-new-spy-chief-relieves-press-secretary-in-reshuffle#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/kiir-appoints-new-spy-chief-relieves-press-secretary-in-reshuffle"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"Kiir appoints new spy chief, relieves press secretary in reshuffle","datePublished":"2025-02-18T16:55:46+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/kiir-appoints-new-spy-chief-relieves-press-secretary-in-reshuffle"},"wordCount":262,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/kiir-appoints-new-spy-chief-relieves-press-secretary-in-reshuffle#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/sites\/32\/2025\/02\/sm_1739888668.343837.jpg","keywords":["South-Sudan"],"articleSection":["all news","policy"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/kiir-appoints-new-spy-chief-relieves-press-secretary-in-reshuffle#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/kiir-appoints-new-spy-chief-relieves-press-secretary-in-reshuffle","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/kiir-appoints-new-spy-chief-relieves-press-secretary-in-reshuffle","name":"Kiir appoints new spy chief, relieves press secretary in reshuffle - South Sudan","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/kiir-appoints-new-spy-chief-relieves-press-secretary-in-reshuffle#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/kiir-appoints-new-spy-chief-relieves-press-secretary-in-reshuffle#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/sites\/32\/2025\/02\/sm_1739888668.343837.jpg","datePublished":"2025-02-18T16:55:46+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/kiir-appoints-new-spy-chief-relieves-press-secretary-in-reshuffle#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/kiir-appoints-new-spy-chief-relieves-press-secretary-in-reshuffle"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/kiir-appoints-new-spy-chief-relieves-press-secretary-in-reshuffle#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/sites\/32\/2025\/02\/sm_1739888668.343837.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/sites\/32\/2025\/02\/sm_1739888668.343837.jpg","width":1080,"height":772,"caption":"Kiir appoints new spy chief, relieves press secretary in reshuffle"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/kiir-appoints-new-spy-chief-relieves-press-secretary-in-reshuffle#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Kiir appoints new spy chief, relieves press secretary in reshuffle"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/","name":"South Sudan","description":"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb","name":"cfeditoren","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"cfeditoren"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73426","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73426"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73426\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/73425"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73426"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73426"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73426"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}