The Latest Breaking News from South Sudan

UN to list more sites as 'in danger' from conflict or climate change

UNESCO members will vote on adding endangered world heritage sites next week. Biblical sites and Lebanese castles face threats from conflict and climate change. South Sudan's antelope migration path is also considered under threat from war. Lake Baikal, the world's deepest lake, may be listed due to pollution. These sites…

The Economic Times · Jul 18

DRC Ebola Outbreak Tops 2,000 Cases as WHO Warns True Toll May Be Twice as High and U.S. Entry Rules Near Expiration

DRC Ebola outbreak exceeds 2,000 cases and 754 deaths. WHO warns true scale may be double. U.S. entry restrictions expire July 21. What travelers need to know.

Medical Daily · Jul 17

Africa’s Greater Horn region is facing a looming polycrisis fueled by conflict, prices, climate and disease

The impacts of a strengthening El Niño and the lingering effects of the war in Iran highlight two separate and seemingly unrelated global hazards. But in the Greater Horn of Africa, an area already beset by prolonged crisis and conflict, these factors are combining with others to potentially create a…

The Conversation · Jul 16

Less drugs, less care, less food: how aid cuts have hit Uganda’s 2m refugees

Africa’s largest refugee population has seen rations and healthcare slashed as funding levels drop

The Guardian - UK · Jul 9

U.S. Airport Ebola Screening Remains Active Through July 21: What Returning Travelers Need to Know

CDC Ebola screening at U.S. airports runs through July 21, 2026. Travelers from DRC, Uganda, or South Sudan face entry restrictions. Here's what to do.

Medical Daily · Jul 9

South Sudan at 15: how the political elite have found a way to profit from peace as well as war

South Sudan’s independence from Sudan in 2011 was meant to close the chapter on one of Africa’s longest civil wars: the north-south war that preceded it. Formally, it did. But independence did not end the deeper struggles over power, revenue and coercion inside the newly independent state.

The Conversation · Jul 7

Serving a state that couldn’t pay: why South Sudan’s civil servants didn’t quit during the war

When civil war broke out in South Sudan in December 2013, civil servants found themselves at the centre of a deep political and economic crisis.

The Conversation · Jul 7

U.S. Hospitals Increase Ebola Preparedness After an Imported Ebola Case Reaches Europe

Ebola's Bundibugyo strain reached France and Germany in June 2026. CDC has issued hospital alerts and activated airport screening at 4 U.S. airports. Here's what to know.

Medical Daily · Jul 2

Ebola Has Now Spread to a Fourth DRC Province Near the South Sudan Border as Regional Health Concerns Grow

Ebola has reached a fourth DRC province, Haut-Uele, bordering South Sudan. 1,274 cases, 360 deaths. Here's why the geographic spread matters and what changes for containment.

Medical Daily · Jul 1

Asylum seeker jailed for attempting to arrive in UK by small boat

Rou had no previous convictions or immigration history in the UK

The Independent UK · Jun 30