UNITED NATIONS, Ramadan 26, 1435, Jul 23, 2014, SPA -- U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday named Danish diplomat Ellen Margrethe Loj as his new special envoy to South Sudan and head of the U.N. peacekeeping mission in the world's newest nation. According to Reuters, Loj replaces Hilde Johnson of Norway, who stood down this month after three years in the job and amid renewed violence sparked by a power struggle between President Salva Kiir and his sacked deputy Riek Machar. --SPA 21:52 LOCAL TIME 18:52 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w