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At least 32 people are killed and 20 others are injured in a mass shooting against two villages in Abyei, an area that is disputed between Sudan and South Sudan.
2023-11-19

The head of the World Food Programme, David Beasley, warns of a "biblical" famine due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and says that the disaster already exists in Ethiopia, Madagascar, South Sudan and Yemen, while also warning that conditions are of "particular concern" in Nigeria and Burkina Faso.
2021-06-30

The transitional government of Sudan signs a peace deal with the main rebel groups fighting in the conflict. The Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North, which had refused to engage in previous talks, joined this time. The U.S. Special Envoy for Sudan and South Sudan, Donald Booth, hails the deal as a "historic achievement".
2020-10-3

More than 4.9 million people in South Sudan are in need of aid due to a famine.
2017-02-21

A United Nations human rights commission in South Sudan claims a "steady process of ethnic cleansing is underway" in the war-torn nation.
2016-12-1

The United Nations reports that there have been at least 16 civilian deaths in South Sudan and 34 people injured.
2012-04-24

South Sudan is to send more troops and police to Pibor, the scene of ethnic violence.
2012-01-1

At least 23 people die in an attack on the South Sudan town of Malakal.
2011-03-12

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

Southern Sudan announces it plans to officially declare independence from Sudan on July 9, 2011.
2011-01-31