{"id":9131,"date":"2025-06-02T17:07:02","date_gmt":"2025-06-02T17:07:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ahead.africa\/?p=9131"},"modified":"2025-09-10T12:54:01","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T12:54:01","slug":"south-sudan-2025-is-the-make-or-break-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ahead.africa\/en\/south-sudan-2025-is-the-make-or-break-year\/","title":{"rendered":"South Sudan: 2025 is the make-or-break year"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

South Sudan\u2019s repeated election delays, now postponed to December 2026, reveal a deeper crisis of leadership, legitimacy, and trust\u2014not just logistical hurdles. Since 2015, elections have been postponed five times, trapping the nation in political uncertainty that stalls peace, development, and hope.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The people are ready and demanding change, yet political elites block progress to protect their power. Key reforms remain incomplete, institutions are weak, and trust is eroding\u2014risking more violence and instability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Civil society stands as a beacon of hope, pushing for voter education, legal reform, and accountability. But real change requires urgent action from the government and pressure from regional and international partners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Democracy is not given; it must be built. South Sudan\u2019s future depends on immediate reforms, funding, and genuine engagement. The cost of further delay is too high.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With a year and a half left until the elections, what do we propose to ensure they take place with integrity?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Read our statement on urgent challenges and way forward<\/strong> [EN]<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Webinar: Unpacking the 2026 delayed elections in South Sudan<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
Webinar | Navigating the crossroads: Analysis of South Sudan\u2019s election preparedness<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
Statement on South Sudan’s electoral readiness ahead of the 2024 scheduled elections<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We propose reforms to ensure the 2026 elections not only happen, but happen with integrity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":9152,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"blog","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[60,62],"tags":[49],"grantees":[83,84],"partner":[11],"region":[55],"class_list":["post-9131","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-advocacy","category-countries","tag-statement","grantees-south-sudanese-network-for-democratic-elections","grantees-standard-action-liaison-office","partner-e-horn","region-east-africa"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ahead.africa\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9131","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ahead.africa\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ahead.africa\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ahead.africa\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ahead.africa\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9131"}],"version-history":[{"count":29,"href":"https:\/\/ahead.africa\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9131\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12055,"href":"https:\/\/ahead.africa\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9131\/revisions\/12055"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ahead.africa\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9152"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ahead.africa\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9131"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ahead.africa\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9131"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ahead.africa\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9131"},{"taxonomy":"grantees","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ahead.africa\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/grantees?post=9131"},{"taxonomy":"partner","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ahead.africa\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/partner?post=9131"},{"taxonomy":"region","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ahead.africa\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/region?post=9131"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}