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 – 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.

From the Nubians of ancient Sudan to the Berber women of North Africa and the Dinka of South Sudan, tattoos were used for rites of passage, tribal affiliation, protection, and aesthetic purposes.

The South Sudanese embassy in Washington has yet to comment on the visa revocations. The visa sanctions come as tensions rise within South Sudan’s borders.

The reported house arrest of Riek Machar, the former bush rebel leader who became South Sudan's First Vice President, marks the latest turn in the turbulent relationship with his rival, President ...

The US is evacuating non-emergency personnel from oil-rich South Sudan amid concerns that Africa’s youngest nation is again on the precipice of civil war. Tensions in the strife-torn country ...

When the Dinka sided largely with the SPLA, the Mandari felt obliged to fight alongside the Khartoum government and were supplied with the AK-47s that many of the carry today.

In July 2024, an Ethiopia-South Sudan Joint Border Administrators and Governors' meeting was held in Addis Ababa. The abductions of women and children and cross-border violence were on the agenda.

South Sudan men's basketball, in its first Olympics, is defying the odds in Paris. Team USA eeked out exhibition match and meets them again Wednesday.

The Dinka and Nuer are the two largest ethnic groups in South Sudan, and they have been fighting each other for political and economic power since even before the civil war.