Sources: BBC
South Sudanese police arrest 60 suspected gang members in a series of operations targeting criminal gangs, drug trafficking and youth delinquency in Juba. 2026-08-4
South Sudan president Salva Kiir Mayardit sacks National Legislative Assembly speaker Jemma Nunu Kumba and her deputy Parmena Awerial Aluong after his ruling party backed a no-confidence vote accusing them of corruption and mismanagement. 2026-04-7
Thirty-seven people are killed during fights over a suspected land feud in the disputed region of Abyei on the border between South Sudan and Sudan. 2024-02-4
The Sudan People's Liberation Movement-in-Opposition (SPLM-IO) is accused by the South Sudanese military of attacking government positions in Longechuk County. The SPLM-IO says that the military attacked first, causing it to clash with authorities. 2022-03-24
At least 29 people have died in a cholera outbreak in South Sudan. 2015-07-3
U.S. President Barack Obama authorizes the deployment of up to 100 American soldiers to Uganda, South Sudan, the Central African Republic, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to assist in operations against the Lord's Resistance Army insurgency. 2011-10-14
Gatluak Gai, a key South Sudanese rebel leader who signed a peace deal with the Sudanese government this week, is killed. 2011-07-23
More than 80 people are killed after rebels attack a cattle camp in South Sudan. 2011-05-10
Almost 99% of South Sudanese voted for independence from the north in a referendum according to official figures. 2011-01-21
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