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Doubts Grow Over South Sudan's Planned Elections
Original: Will elections happen in South Sudan?
Questions are being raised about whether South Sudan will hold its long-delayed national elections. The country has repeatedly postponed votes since its civil war ended in 2018, with the transitional government led by President Salva Kiir and First Vice President Riek Machar extending its own mandate several times. Observers point to uncompleted census and voter registration steps, ongoing insecurity, and political infighting as reasons to doubt the timetable. Many South Sudanese remain uncertain whether the promised transition to elected government will finally take place.
Why now: South Sudan has repeatedly postponed elections, and fresh reporting is renewing doubts about whether the scheduled vote will go ahead.
South SudanSalva KiirRiek MacharDeutsche Welle
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