Sources: BBC
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio announces the revocation of all visas of South Sudanese passport holders, citing "the failure of South Sudan's transitional government to accept the return of its repatriated citizens in a timely manner." 2025-04-5
The South Sudanese foreign ministry announces that a seven-day ceasefire has been agreed to in Sudan, lasting from May 4 to 11. 2023-05-3
An international human development agency says that 13 Jiye-Jie people have died from conditions related to famine in Kapoeta, South Sudan, while hundreds of others are on the verge of starvation. 2023-04-5
The United Nations Security Council approves a resolution drafted by the United States to extend the arms embargo imposed on South Sudan since 2018 until May 31, 2022, due to the increasing violence and repeated human rights abuses in the country. 2021-05-28
A hand grenade explodes in a night club in the city of Yambio in South Sudan, killing at least ten people and injuring dozens of others. The police commissioner in the city confirmed that the explosion is not related to the ongoing civil war in the country. 2018-10-1
The aid group Save the Children warns that a cholera outbreak in South Sudan, which has so far killed 60 people, threatens thousands of lives. 2014-07-11
The Sudanese parliament declares South Sudan “an enemy” and calls for the overthrow of the government of South Sudan. 2012-04-17
Sudan says that after a battle South Sudan controls Heglig, its largest oil field. 2012-04-11
The General Assembly of the United Nations votes to admit South Sudan as a member of the United Nations. 2011-07-14
The southern branch of Sudan's ruling National Congress Party announces its split from the northern party ahead of South Sudan's independence 2011-07-7