On July 9, 2011, the Republic of South Sudan declared its independence from Sudan and became Africa's 54th nation.

Photos captured on April 22 show the final ceremony lowering and folding the American flag before evacuation of the U.S. Embassy in Khartoum, Sudan.

South Sudan's President Salva Kiir has fired the country's army chief after seven months in the post and named a replacement, ...

South Sudan is sending a delegation to Washington to discuss the return of 137 nationals whom the US has ordered to be deported.

If South Sudan is the confirmed destination, that means people from Vietnam, Mexico and elsewhere are being sent to a nation they have no link to, thousands of miles from where they want to be.

South Sudan brushed off an anthem blunder by the Paris Games organisers on Sunday and bounced back in style to earn their first men's basketball victory on their Olympic debut with a convincing 90 ...

South Sudan, the world’s newest nation (2011), qualified for the 2024 Olympic men’s basketball tournament. South Sudan, ranked 62nd in the world, earned a spot in the 12-team tournament in Paris next ...

Fighting around Sudan ‘s largest oil refinery set the sprawling complex ablaze, satellite data analyzed by The Associated Press on Saturday shows, sending thick, black smoke over the country’s ...

The construction of a $10 billion new megacity in South Sudan remains uncertain, with virtually no progress made 13 years after its announcement.

A cast member who unfurled a banner combining the Palestinian and Sudanese flags during Kendrick Lamar's halftime show received a lifetime ban from NFL stadiums and events ...

Judge says Trump administration violated court order by deporting migrants to South Sudan A federal judge says the Trump administration violated a court order on ...

South Sudan played their first official international game only six years ago. In 2021, they qualified for their first continental competition, the Afrobasket, and finished seventh of 16 teams.