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Elections were initially scheduled for December of this year, but they were postponed in September – in line with the two-year extension of the country’s transition period.
South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir Mayardit affirmed his commitment to a general election in December 2026 during the Governor’s Forum. Elections were initially scheduled for December of this year, but they were postponed in September – in line with the two-year extension of the country’s transition period.
In his address, South Sudan’s President also pointed to the importance of concluding the Tumaini peace negotiations, underlining that talks with hold-out groups don’t seek to replace the existing Revitalized Peace Agreement.
Nicholas Haysom – the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan – expressed disappointment at the move to delay South Sudan’s elections. He labelled the decision “regrettable but inevitable”, due to a lack of progress on key deliverables in the agreement. Haysom insisted that “what is needed now is a clear, realistic, harmonised work plan for the next two years.”
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The Governor’s Forum comes as South Sudan faces a grave humanitarian crisis, where nine million people require humanitarian aid. The influx of 880,000 returnees and refugees fleeing violence in neighbouring Sudan is also placing pressure on the country.
