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South Sudan
New obstacles arise on road to first post-independence elections

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Abednego Akok Kacuol, former chairperson of the National Elections Commission with his successor Gabriel Bol Deng, in Juba, July 2025.
Abednego Akok Kacuol, former chairperson of the National Elections Commission with his successor Gabriel Bol Deng, in Juba, July 2025. © Samir Bol/Zuma/Reuters

Only a scaled-down poll may be possible on 22 December. In addition to security concerns and population displacement, the detention of former vice-president Riek Machar and mounting rivalries among President Salva Kiir's children add to an already bleak picture.

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