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Government says it needs more time to complete a census, draft a permanent constitution and register political parties.
South Sudan’s government has announced it is postponing long-delayed general elections until December 2026, citing a lack of preparedness.
This is the second time the country, which gained independence in 2011, is postponing elections and extending a transitional period that started in February 2020.
President Salva Kiir and his former rival turned deputy, Riek Machar, signed a peace agreement in 2018 that ended a five-year civil war which killed an estimated 400,000…
