Bosnia’s electoral authorities have removed separatist Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik from his position as president of the Serb entity in Bosnia, following an appeals court verdict sentencing him to one year in jail and a six-year ban on all political activities.

The President of Bosnia's Serb entity, Milorad Dodik, has been sentenced on August 1 to one year in prison and banned from holding political office for six years after being found guilty of refusing to implement decisions made by Bosnia's top international envoy,

Bosnia's Central Electoral Commission removed Milorad Dodik as president of the Serb entity following a jail sentence upheld by an appeals court. Dodik, a key separatist figure, refutes the ruling and vows to maintain his position,