in mysterious circumstances ‘ DERELICTION OF DUTY ’ News of the purge has been trickling out through official Russian news agencies including TASS and Interfax .
It was a stirring tale , an example of how “ hard choices ” can yield happy outcomes — except the story got much messier just before Clinton ’s memoir was published . Tacked onto her memoir ’s section on South Sudan is a sentence that reads like a last - minute addition : “ In late 2013 , tribal divisions and personal feuds erupted in a spasm of violence that threatens to tear the country apart . ” Those “ tribal divisions and personal feuds ” spiraled into a civil war pitting the forces led by Kiir — a member of the country ’s largest tribe , the Dinka — against those loyal to Riek Machar , the vice president he had sackedpersonnel.endposition.naearlier in 2013 and an ethnic Nuer — the second - largest tribe in the country . Kiir said the violence stemmed from an abortive coup by Machar , but a comprehensive investigation by an African Union commission found no evidence of one . It did find evidence that “ Dinka soldiers , members of presidential guard , and other security forces conducted house - to - house searches , killing Nuer soldiers and civilians in and near their homes ” in Juba .
If they are successful , it could trigger a cascade , an avalanche of similar cases in other places . ” Last week , another 32 members were dismissed from the state council for nature conservation , an advisory body which had opposed the logging plan and has been accused of “ inefficiency ” . “ We were sackedpersonnel.endposition.nabecause the new government needs scientists who will applaud increased logging , to convince public opinion that this insane idea is okay , ” said Przemysław Chylarecki , one of the dismissed scientists . Most of the new council member are foresters , or colleagues of the environment minister , he added . Facebook Twitter Pinterest Białowieża is home to Europe ’s largest bison population .