Sources: BBC
Five aid workers are killed and four more injured in an ambush against a convoy by unknown gunmen in Duk County, Jonglei State, South Sudan. Several civilians are also killed and wounded. 2026-06-29
Up to 22 people are killed, including women and children, and several others are injured when Agwelek Forces gunmen open fire on villagers in Ayod County, Jonglei State, South Sudan. 2026-02-21
A UNMISS helicopter operator and approximately 27 South Sudanese soldiers are killed after being fired on by a local militia group while evacuating Nasir, South Sudan. 2025-03-7
The transitional government of Sudan signs a peace deal with the main rebel groups fighting in the conflict. The Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North, which had refused to engage in previous talks, joined this time. The U.S. Special Envoy for Sudan and South Sudan, Donald Booth, hails the deal as a "historic achievement". 2020-10-3
The United Nations seeks $16.4 billion to fund humanitarian assistance programs in 2015 with Syria, Iraq, Sudan and South Sudan the areas of greatest need. 2014-12-8
South Sudan's government says its military has recaptured the key town of Bor, days after it was seized by rebels. 2013-12-24
Israel announces that the first planeload of illegal South Sudanese migrants will be deported on Sunday. 2012-06-13
South Sudan says the capture of the disputed Abyei region is a "declaration of war". 2011-05-22
36 people killed including possibly 20 police as Southern Sudan votes on referendum on independence. 2011-01-10
Fears mount that the Ugandan rebel group, the Lord's Resistance Army, which has ties to the Sudanese government, is poised to destabilize South Sudan as it prepares for a referendum on independence. 2010-10-18