Simon Majok, a 7-foot-1 center from South Sudan, has signed with Memphis basketball. Majok has developed significantly in the ...

South Sudan – a central African country of around 11.5 million people split in half by the White Nile – suffered decades of conflict prior to gaining independence from the rest of Sudan in 2011.

South Sudan is once again on the brink of full-scale humanitarian catastrophe, propelled by conflict, attacks on civilians and humanitarian infrastructure, and political turmoil.

June 18, 2025 (KHARTOUM) – More than 86,000 people have crossed into Sudan from South Sudan since April, the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) said in a report on Wednesday, as instability and violence ...

In February, South Sudanese President Salva Kiir abruptly dismissed two of the country’s five vice presidents, and the following month, Vice President Riek Machar—Kiir’s longtime rival—was ...

JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — Three United Nations agencies warned on Thursday of looming famine in a conflict-stricken part of South Sudan.

As Crisis Group warned in March, South Sudan is in a state of political turmoil as President Salva Kiir reshapes his administration and dismantles the 2018 peace deal that ended the last civil war ...

On May 20th, a flight with eight deportees left Texas headed to South Sudan, a country on the brink of civil war. But mid-flight, a judicial battle began to unfold that forced the flight to land ...

JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — Three United Nations agencies warned on Thursday of looming famine in a conflict-stricken part of South Sudan. People in 11 of 13 counties in South Sudan’s Upper Nile ...

South Sudan's minister for presidential affairs, Chol Ajongo, said he was unaware of any aid being delivered by Uganda and said the airdrops were "purely South Sudan's government's responsibility." ...

Flick through a fashion magazine or scan footage of a runway show and you will see Akol's point - models born and raised in South Sudan, or those from the country's sizable diaspora, are everywhere.

Conflicts in Democratic Republic of Congo, South Sudan, Ethiopia, and Burkina Faso are among the five most likely to escalate globally in the coming year. “Ethiopia, eastern DRC, and South Sudan have ...