South Sudan has delayed its first-ever presidential and parliamentary elections until February, the latest in a series of delays to the long-sought vote, as ethnic and political tensions deepen. The country’s election commission announced on Saturday that the polls would be held on February 11 next year, instead of December 22 this year. It did not give any reason for the decision. The world’s youngest country, which continues to grapple with violence despite a 2018 peace deal that ended five years of civil war, has delayed the vote at least three times since setting 2022 as its election year. In September, South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir dissolved the transitional unity government and appointed a caretaker administration.
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