Tanzania, April 7 -- Juba. President Salva Kiir has dismissed the speaker and deputy speaker of South Sudan's parliament, in the latest political shake-up in the country, according to a decree read out in parliament on Tuesday.

The decree, announced before lawmakers, removed Speaker Jemma Nunu Kumba and her deputy Permena Awerial Aluong from their positions in the Transitional National Legislative Assembly, Reuters reported.

The move follows mounting pressure within the ruling Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM), where members of the party's caucus had reportedly petitioned for Kumba's removal, accusing her of corruption linked to the alleged mismanagement of parliamentary funds.

Kumba, who in 2021 became the first woman to serve...