By William Madouk
King Charles III of the United Kingdom has appointed Mr. David Ashley as the new ambassador to South Sudan replacing his Majesty Mr. Guy Warrington.
In a statement, the Foreign Common Wealth & Development Office (FCDO) said that Ambassador Ashley will replace Mr. Warrington who took up his appointment in March 2023.
“Mr David Ashley has been appointed His Majesty’s Ambassador to the Republic of South Sudan in succession to Mr Guy Warrington,” partly reads a statement.
“Mr Ashley will take up his appointment during January 2025,” added a statement by the foreign and commonwealth office.
Before his appointment to South Sudan, he had served previously as Ambassador of His Majesty to Madagascar and Comoros (non-resident) from 2020 to 2024. From 2018 to 2020, he was FCO, Deputy Head (for Syria and Iraq), Near East Department.
His majesty Ashely was Deputy High Commissioner, Dhaka in 2017 – 2018 and political counsellor in Kabul from 2014 t0 2016.
However, his predecessor Mr. Warrington previously served as the deputy director of East African Humanitarian affairs for the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, the British ambassador to Mali, and the British High Commissioner in Sierra Leone.
Britain is among the few influential allies of South Sudan. It worked with the United States of America to support South Sudan’s independence in 2011 after applying pressure on the Islamist Khartoum regime to agree to the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA)’s signature and its full implementation.