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The Latest Breaking News from South Sudan

‘Sport brings people together’: Luol Deng on basketball and South Sudan

The former NBA star talks to Al Jazeera about building South Sudan’s basketball team and why sport can change lives.

Al Jazeera · Sep 5, 2023

Swedish oil executives face historic trial over Sudan war crimes

The long-awaited trial of two former Swedish oil executives accused of complicity in war crimes in present day South Sudan began on Tuesday in Stockholm.

Radio France Internationale · Sep 5, 2023

Watch: Borisa Simanic's freak injury at Basketball World Cup leads to surgery for kidney removal

Serbian basketball player Borisa Simanic underwent surgery to remove one of his kidneys following an injury sustained during the Basketball World Cup. On August 30, during a pool game against South Sudan, Simanic was struck by an elbow from an opposing player, leading to his hospitalization in Manila.

The Times of India · Sep 5, 2023

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Serbian player loses a kidney after getting injured at Basketball World Cup

The Serbian Basketball Federation has announced that forward Borisa Simanic lost one of his kidneys as the result of an injury sustained during a World Cup game against South Sudan

The Independent UK · Sep 4, 2023

Serbia’s Borisa Simanic loses kidney after taking elbow at Basketball World Cup

A Serbian player has had a kidney removed after taking an elbow to his midsection during a game against South Sudan at the Basketball World Cup

The Guardian - US · Sep 4, 2023

Sudan’s top general heads to South Sudan for talks with its president on the war

Sudan’s top military general is headed to South Sudan to talk to its president on his second trip abroad since the war in his country started in April

The Independent UK · Sep 4, 2023

‘More than basketball’: South Sudan go from underdogs to history-makers

South Sudan have made history by winning their first FIBA World Cup game and by qualifying for the Paris 2024 Olympics.

Al Jazeera · Sep 2, 2023

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Death typical of Libyan camps say former detainees after video emerges

Former detainees now in Tunisia say death of woman in Libya camp is not unexpected considering conditions there.

Al Jazeera · Aug 29, 2023

PHOTOS: Best images from Australia’s 88-67 exhibition win over South Sudan

The best photos from Australia's 88-67 exhibition win over South Sudan in preparation for the 2023 FIBA World Cup.

USA Today Sports Media Group · Aug 17, 2023

2023 FIBA World Cup: Australia finds rhythm in 88-67 exhibition win vs. South Sudan

Recapping Australia's 88-67 exhibition win over South Sudan.

USA Today Sports Media Group · Aug 17, 2023

‘Where the real wins are’: basketball’s rising star Bul Kuol on the other World Cup inspiring a nation

Last year Bul Kuol faced a choice: play for the fledgling South Sudanese national team or try for a place in the Boomers. He has no regrets

The Guardian - AU · Aug 16, 2023

South Sudan is gearing up for its first election – 3 things it must get right

The people of South Sudan have not exercised the right to choose their leaders since the referendum that secured independence from Sudan in 2011. Instead, they have suffered through cycles of violent conflict that have prevented the democratic transfer of power.

The Conversation · Aug 15, 2023

Uganda’s Mary Cholhok: ‘Netball transformed my life into something amazing’

The 6ft 7in goal shooter on how she fled South Sudan as a refugee, avoided being ‘married off’ and made her name at World Cup

The Guardian - UK · Aug 4, 2023

Uganda restoring colonial-era rail after China fails to fund another line

The line was built during British colonial rule and hasn’t been in use for nearly four decades.

Al Jazeera · Aug 4, 2023

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Zenger · Aug 1, 2023

Israeli NGOs Save Lives Of South Sudanese Children With Urgent Heart Surgeries

Save a Child's Heart and IsraAID successfully treat four children in critical condition, transport one for emergency operation

Radio France Internationale · Jul 14, 2023

Egypt and Sudan's international partners try to stop the civil war

Leaders from Sudan’s seven neighboring countries agreed on Thursday in Cairo to a new Egyptian-led initiative seeking to resolve the deepening conflict in the African country.

Al Jazeera · Jul 14, 2023

‘There is always risk’: The Zimbabwean de-miner in South Sudan

Job Tawengwa has lived on the road for about 25 years in his job defusing unexploded ordnances.

The Independent UK · Jul 5, 2023

South Sudan president says he will be a candidate in long-delayed elections set for 2024

President Salva Kiir of South Sudan says his country’s long-delayed elections will take place in 2024 and that he will be on the ballot

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The Independent UK · Jun 21, 2023

Sudan conflict shows how peace could unravel in South Sudan if world doesn't watch, UN envoy says

The U_N_ envoy for South Sudan is warning the Security Council not to take its eyes off the world’s newest nation, saying the conflict in neighboring Sudan shows “how quickly hard-won peace gains can unravel.”

Radio France Internationale · Jun 20, 2023

Forced to flee or too poor to leave: how climate change affects refugees

On this year’s World Refugee Day, a record number of people are displaced – some 110 million, according to the UN refugee agency UNHCR. People continue to be forced from their homes by conflict, persecution and insecurity, and increasingly by disasters related to climate change.

The Independent UK · Jun 13, 2023

South Sudan’s sluggish peace deal and unsteady road to elections

In 18 months South Sudan is supposed to head to the polls for presidential elections, the culmination of a peace agreement signed nearly five years ago to pull the nation out of fighting that killed some 400,000 people

The Conversation · Jun 6, 2023

War in Sudan puts South Sudan in danger too: the world’s youngest nation needs a stable neighbour

Twelve years after independence, South Sudan remains extremely poor and underdeveloped. A peace deal brokered in 2018 has failed to end conflict. And the government has failed to engage the people in state reconstruction, leaving the country without genuine and effective institutions of self-government.

The Conversation · May 31, 2023

Free secondary education in African countries is on the rise - but is it the best policy? What the evidence says

When President Salva Kiir announced the abolition of secondary school fees in South Sudan in February 2023, he was following several fellow African leaders.

The Independent UK · May 31, 2023

South Sudan struggles to clear mines after decades of war as people start returning home

Many South Sudanese are returning to areas riddled with mines left from decades of conflict as they trickle back into the country after a peace deal was signed in 2018 to end a five-year civil war that killed nearly 400,000 people and displaced millions

Radio France Internationale · May 29, 2023

Ceasefire ends in Sudan with fresh fighting and no route for aid

With a humanitarian ceasefire set to expire on Monday evening, fighting had already resumed in Sudan. International agencies are still struggling to deliver aid despite the week-long truce.

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