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UNMISS warns Security Council of uncertain elections in South Sudan

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With 42 days to go before South Sudan’s first elections since independence, set for 22 December, the head of the UN mission (UNMISS), Kiki Gbeho, considers the conditions for a credible and inclusive vote uncertain. Speaking to the Security Council on Tuesday, she cited the fragile political consensus, the growing number of local outbreaks of violence and the worsening humanitarian crisis, according to UN News.

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