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Security forces in South Sudan arrest Puot Kang Chol, a senior member of the parliamentary opposition, minister of petroleum and mining, and army general, as well as multiple other opposition-aligned military officers. South Sudanese soldiers also surround vice president Riek Machar's house overnight before later withdrawing.
2025-03-5

The United States deploys more than three dozen soldiers to Juba, South Sudan, to protect the U.S. embassy and help evacuate non-essential embassy staff due to local clashes.
2016-07-13

A new United Nations report on South Sudan describes one of the most horrendous human rights situations in the world, in particular by Government forces, including use of rape as a widespread weapon of war and recommends the U.N. Security Council consider imposing a comprehensive arms embargo on South Sudan and referring the matter to the International Criminal Court.
2016-03-11

South Sudan’s ambassador to Moscow says the UN helicopter with Russian crew that was downed in South Sudan last week was probably mistaken for one of the Sudanese aircraft.
2012-12-28

Sudan confirms an oil agreement with neighbouring South Sudan.
2012-08-4

Around 100 people are killed in ethnic clashes and cattle raids in South Sudan.
2012-03-12

Jimmy Lemi Milla, a South Sudanese minister, and his bodyguard are shot dead apparently as a result of a personal dispute.
2011-02-9

The commission overseeing the independence referendum in Southern Sudan rejects a lawsuit to halt the referendum on the basis that the commission violated the law.
2010-12-27

The leaders of North and South Sudan begin talks on a strategy to deal with the results of next year's referendum on independence for the latter.
2010-07-10

Salva Kiir Mayardit is inaugurated as the first elected president of Southern Sudan.
2010-05-21