20120827
AFP
Rebels in South Sudan's Jonglei state have killed at least 24 soldiers, with several others missing or wounded, in the latest outbreak of violence in the troubled region, officials said Sunday.

20120811
AFP
The evacuation of more than 20,000 South Sudanese who fled Sudan could be halted by the end of the month unless more funding is found, the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) said Friday.

20120808
AFP
Rebels in Sudan's Darfur region will become victims of improved relations between Khartoum and Juba as South Sudan reduces its support for the insurgency, Darfur's top official said on Tuesday.

20120731
AFP
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will visit troubled South Sudan on an 11-day Africa trip starting this week aimed at spurring economic growth, peace and security, according to a US official.

20120720
AFP
Leaders of the world's youngest nation South Sudan have branded the International Olympic Committee (IOC) as "conservative and insensitive" as hopes are fading fast of participating in the London Games.

20120709
AFP
Nobel Peace Prize laureate Desmond Tutu on Sunday appealed for peace in troubled South Sudan, on the eve of the country's first anniversary.

20120708
AFP
Surrounded by walls of boxes, researchers scan and catalogue the crumbling, mildewed pages, some nibbled by rats, which make up the national archives of the one-year-old republic of South Sudan.

20120707
AFP
South Sudan nationals must soon start to see the "benefits of independence" or risk instability, Archbishop Desmond Tutu said on Friday.

20120707
AFP
South Sudan declared independence almost a year ago but its problems are getting worse, the International Committee of the Red Cross said on Friday.

20120706
AFP
The UN Security Council on Thursday gave a sober assessment of South Sudan's first year of existence, calling for better respect of human rights, a tougher battle against corruption and more action to help the impoverished people of the new nation.

20120704
AFP
Press freedom in the world's newest nation South Sudan risks becoming as restricted as it is in arch-rival Sudan, from whom the South split last year after years of repression, Reporters Without Borders said Tuesday.

20120626
AFP
A wave of tit-for-tat attacks between two cattle rearing ethnic groups in South Sudan earlier this year left nearly 900 people dead, a UN report said Monday.