South Sudan announces date for long-delayed national polls
June 22, 2026 15:15
JUBA: South Sudan will hold elections on December 22, its electoral commission promised Monday, after years of repeated delays and despite an increasingly dire security situation.
International observers have warned of a return to full-blown conflict as government forces under President Salva Kiir battle groups loosely aligned with jailed opposition leader Riek Machar.
A 2018 peace agreement ended the last civil war between Kiir and Machar but it has largely collapsed, and the country remains mired in deep poverty and extreme levels of corruption and violence.
