Sources: The Hindu
At least seven people are killed and 25 others are injured in an airstrike on a hospital run by Médecins Sans Frontières in Old Fangak, Fangak County, South Sudan. 2025-05-3
At least 31 ethnic Dinka people are killed in clashes with suspected Murle armed youth in Jonglei State, South Sudan. 2022-01-24
Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed rejects talks with the leadership of the Tigray People's Liberation Front but says he is willing to talk to representatives "operating legally". The meeting with African Union (AU) representatives Ellen Johnson Sirleaf of Liberia, Joaquim Chissano of Mozambique and Kgalema Motlanthe of South Africa, comes after his announcement of a "final phase" of an offensive on the region's capital Mekelle. 2020-11-27
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
South Sudan declares a cholera outbreak after 18 people die and 171 are infected. 2015-06-23
African Union troops enter the Somali port town of Kismayo following the withdrawal of Al-Shabaab Islamist militants during the Battle of Kismayo. 2012-10-1
People in Southern Sudan vote in a referendum on independence. 2011-01-9
Several people are killed in clashes with security forces in Southern Sudan, a day before the independence referendum. 2011-01-8
The United States, European Union and United Nations pledge additional resources to the African Union's AMISOM peacekeeping force in Somalia. 2010-07-26