Danish Diplomat to Head U.N. Mission in South Sudan

by Naharnet Newsdesk 23 July 2014, 20:38

U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday named Danish diplomat Ellen Margrethe Loj to head the U.N. peacekeeping mission in South Sudan and act as his special representative.

Loj, who replaces Norway's Hilde Johnson, takes up the job amid a flare-up of fighting in South Sudan ignited by a power struggle between President Salva Kiir and his former deputy Riek Machar.

A former ambassador to the Czech Republic, the United Nations and Israel, Loj also served as special envoy to Liberia from 2008 to 2012.

Source: Agence France Presse

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