The Latest Breaking News from South Sudan

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South Sudan’s president ordered the suspension Saturday of all dredging-related activities in the country until evidence-based studies are carried out on their on surrounding communities and the ecosystems they rely on

Egypt reiterated its commitment to advancing cooperation with South Sudan in all fields, underscoring the directives of the Egyptian political leadership to support the Juba government. On Friday, Egypt's Ambassador in Juba Moataz Moustafa Abdel Kader met with Minister of Trade and Industry of South Sudan Kuol Athian Mawein.

Akon Baak is the daughter of a South Sudanese refugee, being coached by an Afghan refugee in a Korean sport that she first tried in Scotland — and now this 13-year-old is going to represent Australia in taekwondo.

South Sudan’s nation building never really started. Two years into its hard-won independence, a civil war broke out in December 2013. This robbed the country of an opportunity to lay down its foundations.

A toxic combination of climate emergency, conflict and Covid is pushing some of the poorest countries into an acute hunger crisis

Pope Francis is urging the people and leaders of Congo and South Sudan to “turn a page” and forge new paths of reconciliation, peace and development

Akuch Kuol Anyieth was born into a world of violence. Her memoir begins at the age of five, when she fled with her mother and her three siblings from civil war in South Sudan to a refugee camp in north-west Kenya.

Some young girls are auctioned off into marriage for cows in South Sudan

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The UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, urged the parties in South Sudan to implement the Revitalized Agreement on the Resolution of Conflict before the end of the transitional period in February 2023. Guterres called for the completion of transitional security arrangements, agreeing on an electoral timetable, and "immediately engaging" in a…