S. Sudan: President Kiir opens seventh Command Council Conference Salva Kiir, President of South Sudan and commander-in-chief of the South Sudan People’s Defense Forces, officiates the opening of the seventh Command Council Conference at the defense headquarters in Juba. The three-day conference is an effort to brief the army on the status of the Revitalized Peace Agreement, focusing on the transitional security arrangements, permanent ceasefire, cantonment, reunification, training of unified forces and strategic defence security review. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES