The Latest Breaking News from South Sudan

South Sudan’s chief justice, Chan Reec Madut, was sacked in late May 2025 after more than 13 years on the bench. Madut leaves behind a legacy of inefficiency and accusations of judicial graft. But the sacking violated South Sudan’s 2011 transitional constitution and the law. Ultimately, the president’s decision threatens…

Rwanda has become the third African nation to enter into a deal with the Trump administration to take migrants from other countries deported by the United States

South Sudan has reportedly signalled a willingness to accept more deportees from the United States – in a move that could serve as diplomatic leverage in its tense relationship with Washington.

Thongxay Nilakout, who shot Birte Pfleger’s parents in 1994, is among eight convicted criminals who were deported

Activists and rights groups have criticised Trump’s ‘third country’ scheme to deport criminals.

Artisans in South Sudan are turning discarded tires into affordable footwear as the country faces a severe economic crisis

A spokesperson for the southern African nation says UN will repatriate five men to their home countries, but agency says it has not been contacted

Five immigrants deported by the United States to the small southern African nation of Eswatini under the Trump administration’s secretive third-country program are in prison, where they will be held in solitary confinement for an undetermined time

The Trump administration has pushed third-party countries to accept deportees whose home countries will not accept them.