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South Sudan urges ballots over bullets ahead of elections
Original: ‘Ballot must replace the bullets’, South Sudan tells General Assembly ahead of elections
South Sudan's address to the United Nations General Assembly centred on the country's push to hold its first elections since independence, with the message that the ballot must replace the bullet. The government appealed for peaceful, credible polls as the country prepares for a vote meant to consolidate a fragile peace deal after years of civil war.
Why now: South Sudan is approaching planned elections, drawing international attention to its fragile transition from civil war.
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