South Sudan’s long awaited elections will be held on December 22, the country’s National Election Commission (NEC) has announced.
South Sudanese are eager to take part in the first post-independence election. The last election, held in March 2010, saw the incumbent President Salva Kiir win with over 90 percent.
South Sudan gained independence in 2011 after a referendum in which its people voted overwhelmingly to secede from Sudan. Independence was the culmination of a long armed struggle waged by South Sudanese starting in the mid 1950s.
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