Sources: BBC
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
South Sudan appoints Francis Deng as its first ambassador to the United Nations. 2012-09-2
South Sudan releases Sudanese prisoners of war as border clashes between the two states seem to abate. 2012-04-25
Salva Kiir, the President of South Sudan, visits the People's Republic of China seeking assistance to build an oil pipeline. 2012-04-24
The People's Republic of China asks for assistance from South Sudan to obtain the release of 29 Chinese workers held captive in Sudan for five days. 2012-02-2
North and South Sudan agree to demilitarise the disputed Abyei region. 2011-06-13
The United Nations claims that about 20,000 people have fled the Abyei region for Agok in Southern Sudan after Sudanese forces took control. 2011-05-24
Crowds gather in the South Sudan capital Juba to mark one month until the referendum on independence. 2010-12-9
The head of the joint UN-African Union mission in Darfur expresses concern that military tensions between north and south Sudan over the Southern Sudanese independence referendum could spill over into the separate Darfur conflict, undermining troubled peace efforts there. 2010-11-14