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Fifteen years of independence for South Sudan, but still little to celebrate

South Sudan, the world's youngest country, on Thursday marks the 15th anniversary of its independence, following decades of war with Sudan, a 2005 peace agreement and a 2011 self-determination referendum in which almost 99 percent of voters backed statehood. But the hopes that came with it have given way to…

Radio France Internationale

On Monday morning it was a busy South Sudan hospital. By Tuesday night it was a bombed-out shell

Exclusive: An 80-bed MSF facility was bombed, burned and looted as civil conflict grows. The Guardian visited to witness first-hand the impact of the ‘trend of violence’ against healthcare in the country

The Guardian - UK

UN votes to cut the peacekeeping force in South Sudan from 17,000 to 12,000

The U.N. Security Council has voted to reduce the ceiling for the peacekeeping force in conflict-torn South Sudan to 12,000 troops, down from 17,000

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A South Sudan community is denied aid as government and opposition blame each other

Displaced people in a South Sudan village have been denied lifesaving aid by the government, according to eyewitnesses and aid groups

The Independent UK

In South Sudan, a prophet's sacred stick helps fuel a violent struggle for political power

In a tribal battle fought over a century ago, according to oral history, a prophet in South Sudan raised his stick and summoned a thunderbolt that killed a crowd of fighters from a rival tribe

The Independent UK

Thousands of civilians in South Sudan flee opposition-held town after army's evacuation order

Thousands of civilians have fled the opposition-held town of Akobo in eastern South Sudan following an evacuation order issued by the army to pave the way for an operation

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UN report says Ugandan troops helped South Sudan with deadly airstrikes

A U.N. inquiry says Uganda helped South Sudan carry out airstrikes that killed and badly burned civilians in opposition areas

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South Sudan risks return to full-blown civil war as violence escalates

At least 169 killed in raid near Sudan border as clashes between government and opposition forces intensify

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169 people killed after insurgents raid a village in a remote area of South Sudan

An official says at least 169 people were killed after insurgents raided a village in a remote area of South Sudan

The Independent UK

South Sudan faces turmoil as former officials arrested in wave of detentions

A former finance minister of South Sudan is the latest former government official arrested in a wave of detentions that analysts say shows cracks in the government of President Salva Kiir, who also faces an armed rebellion

The Independent UK

As fighting spirals in South Sudan, a humanitarian crisis looms for displaced survivors

Fighting has resumed in South Sudan eight years after a fragile peace was agreed

The Independent UK

South Sudan’s White Army explained: what it is – and what it isn’t

The UN issued warnings of potential mass violence between the South Sudanese government and the White Army in January 2026. A peace agreement ended a five-year civil war in the country in 2018. This was followed by a period of relative calm that ended in 2025 in the wake of…

The Conversation

What to know about South Sudan's major offensive against opposition forces

South Sudan’s army has launched a major military operation against opposition forces after recent territorial losses

The Independent UK

After accepting US deportees, South Sudan wanted sanctions relief for top official, documents show

After agreeing to accept deportees from the United States last year, South Sudan sent a list of requests to Washington that included American support for the prosecution of an opposition leader and sanctions relief for a senior official accused of diverting over a billion dollars in public funds

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People from South Sudan will lose temporary US legal status

The United States is terminating South Sudan’s designation for temporary protected status, which for years allowed people from the East African country to remain in the U.S. legally and escape armed conflict back home

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Hunger monitor says parts of South Sudan face famine threat after months without aid

A global hunger monitor is warning that no food aid has reached a conflict-hit area of South Sudan this year despite growing fears that it is headed toward famine

The Guardian - UK

Prosecution of South Sudan’s vice-president raises fears of return to full-scale civil war

Observers and opposition says prosecution of Riek Machar for crimes in relation to attack by rebel militia puts peace deal at risk

The Independent UK

Oversight body says South Sudan rivals have recruited fighters, raising war fears

An international ceasefire monitor says parties to South Sudan’s faltering peace agreement have recruited new fighters for a conflict that observers have warned could widen again into civil war

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South Sudan is unstable: how a weak state benefits the ruling elite

Salva Kiir, the president of South Sudan, met with then US president Barack Obama at the White House in 2011 to discuss the future of the newly independent state.

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Treason trial begins for South Sudan VP Machar as ‘unity government’ breaks

The latest break between two military and political leaders risks spelling civil war again for the embattled nation.

The Independent UK

South Sudan opposition figure Riek Machar appears in court on treason charges

The criminal trial of the South Sudanese opposition figure Riek Machar has opened in the capital, Juba, with the country’s suspended vice president appearing in a cage alongside his co-accused

Al Jazeera

South Sudan’s leaders engage in ‘systematic looting’ in poor nation: UN

The UN Commission on Human Rights has found that authorities used schemes to divert public money.

The Independent UK

Concern grows for safety of South Sudan opposition leader facing treason and other charges

Amnesty International has called for a public trial for South Sudanese opposition figure Riek Machar, who faces treason and other charges

Radio France Internationale

South Sudan vice president charged with murder, crimes against humanity

South Sudan's Vice President, Riek Machar, has been charged with murder, treason and crimes against humanity over an attack by an ethnic militia on a military base that killed more than 250 soldiers, the justice minister said on Thursday.

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South Sudan charges VP Machar with treason, murder over military attack

Riek Machar faces charges of alleged involvement in attacks against federal forces.

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