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Fights erupt between two rival factions of the SPLA-IO party in South Sudan, resulting in the deaths of 32 people.
2021-08-7

A small aircraft en route from Juba to Yirol crashes in South Sudan, killing 20 people, including the Episcopal Bishop of Yirol, and injuring three others.
2018-09-9

The Ethiopian Army crosses the border into South Sudan with the latter's approval in search of more than 100 children who were kidnapped and spirited across the border in a surprise attack by unknown assailants that also killed 208 people a few days ago.
2016-04-21

A long-awaited report released by an African Union investigative team led by former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo describes atrocities and the discovery of mass graves in South Sudan, citing government forces and their allies as responsible parties.
2015-10-29

A Russian Mi-8 helicopter working for the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) is shot down and crashes near Likuangole in the South Sudanese state of Jonglei.
2012-12-21

2012 South Sudan–Sudan border conflict: Sudan and South Sudan restart talks to avoid war amid accusations of bombing raids.
2012-05-29

Security officials in Sudan arrest three Catholic aid workers and close down the office of Caritas in South Darfur as the three were traveling to South Sudan.
2012-04-24

Senior religious leaders in Southern Sudan call on people to vote for independence in a referendum to be held in January 2011.
2010-07-13

At least eight people die in an attack on an army base in South Sudan.
2010-04-30

Southern Sudan's Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) announces its decision to withdraw its presidential candidate, Yasir Arman, from elections. Most other opposition parties join them.
2010-04-1