South Sudan president appoints governors for eight states

South Sudan’s president, Salva Kiir has appointed governors for eight of the country’s 10 regional states.

Of the eight appointed governors, a US based South Sudanese, Sarah Cleto Rial is the only woman.

She will be the governor for western Bahr El-Ghazal state.

The president also appointed superintendents for three administrative areas. Two weeks ago, the president and his deputy had ended a stalemate, over control of the regional states which had been a sticking point in the transitional unity government formed in February