Google updates its maps adding the new state of South Sudan, after an online petition signed by 1,600 people. ... Google has updated its maps to include the newly independent nation of South Sudan.

Querying Google Maps on South Sudan yields the response: “Did you mean: ... “If South Sudan was in Europe or North America, it would have appeared on the world map by now,” he argues.

The World Bank Group has played an important role in Sudan’s development since 2005, and is deepening its engagement in South Sudan as it prepares for independence. With last week’s “mapathon” and ...

A few weeks ago, South Sudan became the 195th country on the planet, but that wasn’t reflected in Google Earth until now. Stefan at Ogle Earth made some interesting comments about it when the ...

Expect the world to change overnight. Africa’s battle-scarred South Sudan on Saturday is poised to become the newest country on Earth despite renewed attacks launched by Sudan last week as ...

South Sudan's crisis is only three weeks old but it has already displaced 189,000 people, according to the United Nations refugees agency. The crisis began on Dec. 15 as fighting between ethnic ...

The word "demo" has been spotted lurking in the terrain of South Sudan in Google Maps. Cyber-security researcher Tim Hopper noticed the apparent glitch, external after researching the location of ...

Sudan warned of renewed hostilities with newly independent neighbour South Sudan as disagreements over the creation of a demilitarised border zone held up peace talks between the former civil war ...