Elections in south sudan

Let me underscore that elections are not a one-day event, but a process that incorporates deliberate and thoughtful decisions ...

South Sudan's parliament has passed a bill in preparation for the first-ever national elections scheduled for December 2024.

President Salva Kiir on Wednesday (Apr. 03) warned lawmakers “not to cling to power” just weeks after his former rival turned ...

The United Nations is stressing that South Sudan must secure public confidence to ensure that its first post-independence ...

In South Sudan, head of the country's U.N. mission has said that it is not ready for presidential elections yet. Several political ...

The Sudan People's Liberation Movement-in-Opposition (SPLM/A-IO) has raised concerns over the ruling SPLM party's insistence ...

The South Sudan national election commission said it's ready to organize the country's first ever elections, scheduled for ...

"I appreciate the support for my presidential candidacy in 2024," Mr. Kiir told members of his SPLM party, referring to a "historic ...

South Sudan President Salva Kiir insists elections should be held in 2024 as scheduled in a peace deal. However, Vice President ...

This week, South Sudan's electoral body officially began work to hold the country's first-ever election. The National Election ...

Despite the magnitude of the task ahead, the Chair of South Sudan's electoral Commission believes free, fair, and credible ...

Lacroix said, “this is an important time for South Sudan. There are challenges and there are also expectations on many fronts, and ...

The government of South Sudan is yet to come up with the elections roadmap for the first ever general elections expected to take ...

South Sudan's parliament has passed a bill designed to regulate the country's first-ever national elections scheduled for late next ...

South Sudan gained its independence from Sudan in 2011. The country has been, however, grappling with instability made worse ...

Briefing by Jean-Pierre Lacroix, Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations, on the situation in South Sudan. “While leaders ...

South Sudan President, Salva Kiir has promised that elections which are scheduled for 2024 will be held. It will be South Sudan's ...

Thousands of voters in South Sudan are registered to participate in national elections beginning Sunday (April 11). Most people in ...

kechhotline In preparation for the scheduled December 2024 presidential election, President Salva Kiir declares his intention to ...

Many South Sudanese people in the Pibor Administrative Area are excited about the possibility of elections at the end of this year.

Despite the boycott of numerous opposition groups, Sudan's elections are seen to be significant, marking the country's move from ...

South Sudan's government says it WILL hold elections before the end of the year with or without a peace deal with the ...

With only 100 days to go until southern Sudan decides on independence from the north, expectations are high. Salva Kiir, the ...

South Sudan's political parties are registering afresh ahead of elections due in 2018, when a government of national unity is set to ...

Voters in eastern areas of South Sudan, which have been engulfed in violence in recent years due to the country's civil war, say ...

VOA's Paul Ndiho reports on how the sole challenger to South Sudan's incumbent President Salva Kiir Lam Akol has ...

South Sudanese Civic Leaders Discuss Efforts to Address Election Violence South Sudan's first elections since their 2011 ...

The world's youngest nation, South Sudan, became independent twelve years ago after decades of civil war over demands for ...

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South Sudanese President Salva Kiir on thursday accused Sudan of being a “source of weapons” fuelling the brutal civil war in his ...

Voting is under way in South Sudan. The millions who returned to their villages, after decades of war, hope this election could ...

The ex-rebel Sudan People's Liberation Movement has said it will boycott Sunday's elections in the north, casting further doubt on ...

South Sudan's Vice-President Riek Machar has warned against holding elections before a unified army is formed. Last month ...

We start in South Sudan, where the government says it plans to hold elections next year, as scheduled in the 2015 peace ...

Sudan's electoral commission has said the country's elections will go ahead next week despite one of the main opposition parties ...

South Sudan's government is urging its former first vice president Riek Machar to denounce the violence and wait to contest the ...

The UN is worried that an election planned for next year in South Sudan could lead to more violence in the region. It is calling for a ...

Sudanese delegates are meeting on Sunday to discuss border issues ahead of January's secession referendum. Around 2 million ...

Along the border between Sudan and South Sudan, the Ngok Dinka community in the disputed region of Abyei has declared ...

A new surge in violence may threaten implementation of 2005 peace deal in the South Sudan referendum. VOA's Mariama Diallo ...