Sources: BBC
Three people are killed and 22 others are injured after an ambush on a major highway in Central Equatoria, South Sudan. 2022-11-21
The head of the World Food Programme, David Beasley, warns of a "biblical" famine due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and says that the disaster already exists in Ethiopia, Madagascar, South Sudan and Yemen, while also warning that conditions are of "particular concern" in Nigeria and Burkina Faso. 2021-06-30
Fifteen young children die of "severe sepsis-toxicity" from contaminated vaccine during South Sudan's measles vaccination campaign. In one instance, a syringe containing vaccine stored without refrigeration was used for all the children over four days. 2017-06-2
The World Food Programme (WFP) and other United Nations agencies declare that there is a famine in parts of Unity State, South Sudan, with 100,000 facing starvation and another million on the brink of famine. 2017-02-20
Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir visits South Sudan for the first time since the country won its independence in 2011 to meet with President Salva Kiir. 2013-04-12
Sudan continues to bombard a disputed border town seized by South Sudan and claims to have seized territory as clashes spread along the border between the two states. 2012-04-17
The General Assembly of the United Nations votes to admit South Sudan as a member of the United Nations. 2011-07-14
Shooting takes place in Kaduqli in Sudan's South Kordofan state, where armed groups allied to South Sudan are based. 2011-06-6
Four Zambian peacekeepers are shot and injured after their convoy comes under attack by suspected armed tribal groups in the disputed border area between Sudan and Southern Sudan. 2011-05-11