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General elections are due to be held in South Sudan on 22 December 2026, the first since independence. Initially scheduled to be held by 9 July 2015, [1] [2] in light of an alleged coup d'état attempt and continuing conflict in the country this was thrown into doubt, especially since no permanent constitution had been formulated.
Elections set to be held in South Sudan in December are not on a path for a credible process without urgent action, a senior U.S. State Department official warned on Friday, as the government lags ...
President Salva Kiir of South Sudan says his country's long-delayed elections will take place in 2024 and that he will be on the ballot. Kiir, who has led South Sudan since the territory became ...
South Sudan is not ready to hold its first post-independence elections in December and political players are discussing whether voting should be held this year, the U.N.’s top envoy in the ...
South Sudan has never had a national election. However the most recent sub-national election was in 2010 for the presidency of the regional government of Southern Sudan [1] and for the bicameral, 170-member Legislative Assembly. Voting Age limit is 18 years old and above.
The executive branch of government is headed by the president. Under the TCSS, the president's term lasts for two consecutive 5-year terms. However, in April 2015, South Sudan's parliament voted to extend Kiir's term to 9 July 2018. [40] A new vote held in July 2018 further postponed South Sudan's first election until 2021. The president has ...
It had taken years for the mother of seven to muster the courage to return to South Sudan and trust its fragile peace deal ending a civil war. “I thought maybe there would be peace in the future ...
The result was a victory for Salva Kiir of the Sudan People's Liberation Movement, who received almost 93% of the vote. [1] The winners of these elections would later continue in office upon South Sudan's independence after a referendum in 2011. As of 2024, these are the last South Sudanese elections.