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The 2018 Corruption Perceptions Index names Somalia as the most corrupt country in the world, followed by South Sudan and Syria, while Denmark was again named the least corrupt country. The United States drops out of the top 20 least corrupt countries for the first time since 2011.
2019-01-28

A new United Nations report on South Sudan describes one of the most horrendous human rights situations in the world, in particular by Government forces, including use of rape as a widespread weapon of war and recommends the U.N. Security Council consider imposing a comprehensive arms embargo on South Sudan and referring the matter to the International Criminal Court.
2016-03-11

Sudanese president Omar al-Bashir orders the closure of oil pipelines coming from South Sudan.
2013-06-8

Médecins Sans Frontières state that Sudanese refugees are in 'humanitarian disaster' in South Sudan.
2012-08-17

South Sudan accuses Sudan of bombing its territory along a disputed border.
2012-07-21

2012 South Sudan–Sudan border conflict: South Sudan's troops pull out of Sudan's oil-producing Heglig area, easing tensions after two days of clashes between the neighbours threatened to escalate a simmering conflict.
2012-03-28

Dozens of people are killed in fighting between rebels and troops in Southern Sudan.
2011-03-2

The Sudan People's Liberation Army-Movement estimates that turnout in the Southern Sudanese independence referendum has passed the 60% threshold for the result to be declared valid.
2011-01-12

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

55 people are killed and 85 injured after clashes between Arab nomads from the Darfur region of Sudan and the Southern Sudan army.
2010-04-25