NAIROBI, Sept 22 - South Sudan President Salva Kiir signed amendments to the country's election law late on Monday, removing requirements that linked elections to the completion of a permanent constitution and a national census, changes that were rejected by the main opposition coalition. Read more at straitstimes.com.

NAIROBI, Sept 16 - South Sudan's President Salva Kiir has replaced the head of the election commission, only about three months before the first national election since independence in 2011. Read more at straitstimes.com.