Juba, Sept 22, 2026 (AFP) - Heavy security in S.Sudan as election law changed

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2026-09-22

Heavy security was deployed in South Sudan's capital on Tuesday after the president altered the election law to keep himself in office while removing the vice-presidents in the run-up to the country's first-ever vote. South Sudan achieved independence in 2011 but soon after plunged into a five-year civil war and remains one of the poorest and most corrupt countries in the world. Elections are due on December 22, having twice been postponed, but t......

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