The Latest Breaking News from South Sudan

Financier Robert Granieri was allegedly duped into handing over millions to fund the purported attempt to topple the South Sudanese government

For the past several months, the Trump administration has been trying to deport immigrants to countries they are not from – despite an April 2025 federal ruling that had blocked the White House from doing so.

Deportees and officers are ‘ill’ and face risks after flight to South Sudan was stopped by US court in late May

DHS accuses judge of ‘stranding’ officers in east Africa while legal battle plays out over South Sudan deportations, but he never ordered them there.

Aid groups and opposition politicians in South Sudan say that dozens of civilians have been killed or badly injured in airstrikes in recent weeks as the country’s army clashes with militia groups across the country

The civil war in Sudan between the Sudanese army and paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, which began in April 2023, has had an impact on its neighbours. One of the most keenly affected countries is South Sudan, which became an independent state in 2011 and went on to endure its own…

Federal judge had found Trump administration violated order by sending people from other countries to African nation

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Biden-appointed judge faces barrage of attacks from White House over court rulings demanding due process