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South Sudan broke away from Sudan to form an independent country in 2011 after a long-running civil war, but more recently, growing numbers of Sudanese people are fleeing into South Sudan to ...
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17 January – A nationwide nighttime curfew is imposed following riots targeting Sudanese nationals and their businesses [1] that leave 16 Sudanese dead. [2]22 January –
The Abyei area is inhabited by the Ngok Dinka, a sub-group of the Dinka people who live in South Sudan. [2] In the early 1900s, Misseriya Arabs moved to the area following the British conquest. [ 3 ] Following the independence of South Sudan from Sudan in 2011, Abyei was left as a disputed area as no side wanted to give up the rich oilfields in ...
General elections are due to be held in South Sudan on 22 December 2026, the first since independence.. Initially scheduled to be held by 9 July 2015, [1] [2] in light of an alleged coup d'état attempt and continuing conflict in the country this was thrown into doubt, especially since no permanent constitution had been formulated.
The newspaper was established in 2004 by a group of displaced Southern Sudanese and students from Juba University in Khartoum, who were brought together by Hildebrand Bijleveld. It appeared initially in Khartoum as an unlicensed bi-lingual (Arabic/English) weekly before the Comprehensive Peace Agreement was signed between the Khartoum ...
Ongoing – COVID-19 pandemic in South Sudan, Aftermath of the South Sudanese Civil War, Sudanese nomadic conflicts, ethnic violence in South Sudan January 28 – Nairobi Declaration [ 1 ] April 5 – An international human development agency says that 13 Jiye/Jie people have died from conditions related to famine in Kapoeta , while hundreds of ...
South Sudan (/ s uː ˈ d ɑː n,-ˈ d æ n /), officially the Republic of South Sudan, is a landlocked country in East Africa. [16] It is bordered on the north by Sudan; on the east by Ethiopia; on the south by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda and Kenya; and on the west by the Central African Republic. South Sudan's diverse ...