By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Africanews
The spokesperson for South Sudan’s National Electoral Commission says that Article 57 gives the body the power to change the electoral timetable. This legal basis is used to postpone the vote to February, amid violence, according to Africanews.
South Sudan has postponed its general elections to Thursday 11 February 2027 from the originally planned date of 22 December 2026, according to Dakaractu. The National Elections Commission has reworked its timetable, and the vote will be the first organised since the country’s independence in July 2011.
🇸🇸 South Sudan · Source: Eye Radio ·
The National Elections Commission has set 29 November 2026 as the start of candidate nominations for the general elections in February 2027. Aspirants will have 15 days to gather their signatures, after which the list of candidates will be published on 21 December, before the Supreme Court reviews appeals, according to Eye Radio.
🇸🇸 South Sudan · Source: Eye Radio ·
South Sudan’s National Elections Commission has appointed the officials responsible for counting votes and their deputies in the country’s 10 states and three administrative areas. The appointments precede the general elections scheduled for December 2026, according to an order signed on 4 November by its chair, Gabriel Bol Deng, Radio Tamazuj reports.
🇸🇸 South Sudan · Source: Radio Tamazuj ·
South Sudan’s National Elections Commission opens voter registration on Saturday 14 November, 39 days before the general elections on 22 December, according to Radio Tamazuj. The exercise, which runs until 28 November, takes place at 3,161 centres and involves 22,127 trained staff.
🇸🇸 South Sudan · Source: Radio Tamazuj ·
Juba and Khartoum sign agreement on crude oil volumesAfter high-level talks in Khartoum, South Sudan and Sudan have signed a memorandum of understanding to reconcile crude oil volumes, including pipeline inspections and audits. The activities, which also cover environmental clean-up, must be completed by June 2027, according to Eye Radio.
At least 8 Somali civilians killed by a militia in EthiopiaAt least eight Somali civilians, including women and children, were killed on Saturday morning by an armed Oromo militia in southern Ethiopia, near the Kenyan border. Local authorities attribute the attack to this militia, although the circumstances could not be independently verified.The week in Africa
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