and South Sudan officially gained independence from Sudan on July 9, 2011. In the early years of South Sudan’s independence, peace processes failed to address long-standing grievances and ...

South Sudan's main opposition party seeks an international probe into alleged rights abuses in recent fighting that saw ...

An escalating crisis in South Sudan is becoming ... to democracy to rescue South Sudan. This is only possible if the government could commit to negotiate in good faith and demonstrate political ...

South Sudan is already dealing with its own political crisis, which could tip the country back into an all-out civil war. “If things fall apart in South Sudan, then that would make it very ...

In July 2011, Sudan’s southern territory seceded and formed a new state: the Republic of South Sudan. The dictatorship of Omar al-Bashir defined Sudan’s post-colonial period. Bashir seized ...

Africacategory· April 10, 2025 South Sudan replaces foreign minister with deputy after dispute with US South Sudan's President Salva Kiir has replaced its foreign minister with his deputy ...

UNITED NATIONS — South Sudan is teetering on the edge of renewed civil war, the top U.N. official in the world’s youngest nation warned on Monday, lamenting the government’s sudden ...

By Abdi Latif Dahir South Sudan’s vice president, Riek Machar, has been placed under house arrest, according to his party, escalating tensions that the United Nations has warned are pushing the ...