AllAfrica News: South Sudan

[UN News] As drought risk intensifies in South Sudan's Eastern Equatoria state, a new UN-backed plan aims to protect thousands of people before the worst impacts take hold.

[RFI] 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 renewed conflict, economic collapse and political deadlock.

[SNA] Khartoum, July 9, 2026 (SUNA) - President of the Transitional Sovereignty Council (TSC), General Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan, on Thursday sent a congratulatory cable to his South Sudanese counterpart, President Salva Kiir Mayardit, on the anniversary of South Sudan's Independence.

[HRW] HRW Oral Statement - ID on OHCHR report on technical assistance in South Sudan - HRC62

[U.S. Embassy Juba] In light of the Transitional National Legislative Assembly passing amendments to the 2018 peace agreement, the Embassies of Canada, France, Germany, Japan, the Netherlands, Norway, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the United States of America, as well as the EU Delegation to South Sudan, reaffirm their grave concern about actions taken without the full co...