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Radio broadcasts called for calm after Salva Kiir suspended his cabinet and his main political rival/AFP

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South Sudan calls for calm after president sacks cabinet

“These are agreements between two countries” not individuals, said Abubakr Al-Siddiq, spokesman for Sudan’s foreign ministry.

Sudan has issued an August 7 deadline to shut down oil production accusing Juba of backing rebels in the north, claims Juba denies in the latest in a string of threatened cuts.

South Sudan’s oil minister Stephen Dhieu Dau, speaking Tuesday ahead of his suspension, said Juba will end its production by July 31, which would be the second major shutdown since independence two years ago.

No replacements have been announced, and it was not clear if any of those suspended would return, or if new blood would be brought in to the cabinet.

While Juba has been rife with rumours in recent weeks about a potential reshuffle by Kiir especially concerning tense relations with Machar the move still caught many by surprise.

“It is possible that this move could lead to increased political tension or disturbances in Juba and other parts of the country,” Britain’s Foreign Office warned.

The political reshuffle comes as civilians reel from heavy clashes in the troubled eastern state of Jonglei, where fierce fighting between rival ethnic groups have left hundreds of people wounded, and raised fears many others have been killed.

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