A UN expert has warned that proper preparations are essential to avoid fuelling violence and polarisation if South Sudan proceeds with elections next year.
First Vice-President Riek Machar warned that he will not back elections until a unified national army is formed, a permanent constitution is drafted, a census conducted and millions of refugees can return home from abroad to cast their ballots.
Yasmin Sooka, chairwoman of the UN’s Human Rights Commission on South Sudan says there is a risk that South Sudan is going back to war if elections are conducted without support from the African Union and the international community.