South Sudanese Begin to Sign up to vote Ahead of the Country’s first National Elections

Saturday was the first day that people in South Sudan could sign up to vote in the first general elections since the country broke away from Sudan in 2011. The elections were supposed to happen in 2015, but the government has already pushed them back twice and made the changeover period longer several times.

It was supposed to happen on December 22, but on Saturday, several local news outlets said that it had been moved to February 11. Partners in the region and around the world have been worried about whether or not the country is ready to hold fair elections in December, when there is still a lot of violence and political unrest.

Riek Machar, who used to be vice president and is now President Salva Kiir’s main opponent, has been under house arrest since March 2025 on charges of “crimes against humanity.” Between 2013 and 2018, more than 400,000 people died in a war between the two men’s armies. Gabriel Bol Deng Majok, head of the National Electoral Commission, told reporters on Friday that registration will end on November 28.

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