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South Sudan postpones first elections again, moving vote to February
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South Sudan postpones first elections again, moving vote to February

Just over 15 years after becoming an independent nation, South Sudan was due to hold its first elections in December, but they have been postponed.

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The election will be moved from December 22 to February 11, the country's electoral authority said in a statement.

South Sudan declared independence from Sudan in 2015 after decades of conflict. The war-torn country had planned to hold its first democratic elections in 2022, but the plan has been postponed several times.

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