Kiir Travels To South Africa for Mandela’s Burial South Sudanese President Salva Kiir on Monday left for South Africa to attend the burial of the African Iconic leader, Nelson Mandela who passed on last week. 09 December 2013
By Waakhe Simon Wudu *JUBA – 9 December 2013 [Gurtong] -* “Our President has travelled this morning to attend the burial of Nelson Mandela,” Mayen Makol, the Spokesman at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation told Gurtong. “He will also be meeting several of the world’s heads of State there. And he will come back at least after two days,” Mayen added. South Sudan government, following the death of Mandela last Thursday, announced three days of mourning lowering the country’s flag at half mast. Tens of heads of States according to foreign agencies have now and setting their ways to attend the burial. Posted in: Home<http://www.gurtong.net/ECM/Editorial/tabid/124/ctl/CategoryView/mid/519/categoryId/1/Home.aspx>, Foreign Relations<http://www.gurtong.net/ECM/Editorial/tabid/124/ctl/CategoryView/mid/519/categoryId/5/Foreign-Relations.aspx>, Governance<http://www.gurtong.net/ECM/Editorial/tabid/124/ctl/CategoryView/mid/519/categoryId/6/Governance.aspx> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "South Sudan Info - The Kob" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/SouthSudanKob/CAJb14orU_q6mKrX-Gfk6G5WQaWtHGyQMxHbyOgSwJ_Jt-jxzFA%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
