South Sudan presidential advisor passes on

[Elisabeth Janaina]

South Sudan presidential advisor passes on

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February 13, 2017 (JUBA) – The South Sudanese presidential adviser on
religious affairs, Tahir Bior Lueth Ajak has died.

Ajak passed on Sunday evening after a short illness.

The presidential spokesperson, Ateny Wek Ateny said President Salva
Kiir was saddened by Ajak’s sudden demise.

“It is with sorrow to learn of Tahir Bior’s [Ajak] death,” he told
Sudan Tribune Monday.

Also leader of the Islamic Council in South Sudan, Ajak was appointed
presidential advisor on religious affairs in 2016.

A veteran politician from South Sudan’s Jonglei state, Ajak helped to
explain to the Arab world the multi-religious composition of the Sudan
People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM) between 1983 and 2005, dismissing
claims that religion mainly caused the war between Christians in the
south and Muslims in north Sudan.

Ajak became the Muslims’ leader in South Sudan after the East African
country got independence from Sudan in 2011.

(ST)