South Sudan President Salva Kiir has signed amendments to the country's election law, removing requirements that the completion of a permanent constitution and a national census precede elections. Kiir's office described the amendments to the National Elections Act of 2012 as "another major milestone" in preparations for the country's elections.

The South Sudan Opposition Alliance, a coalition of opposition parties and signatory to the 2018 peace agreement, has rejected the changes, saying they were made without adequate consultation among the parties to the agreement.

Lulu Gaboo spoke to Edmund Yakani, executive director of the Community Empowerment for Progress Organisation... and Advocate Sipho Mantula, Researcher at the Thabo Mbeki African School of Public and International Affairs.