South Sudan

Nominations for South Sudan Fashion Awards 2023 will close on 30 June 2023. There are 22 categories in which people can make their nominations for, including male model of the year, female model of the year,...

South Sudan became the world’s youngest country after seceding from Sudan in 2011 and has since struggled to overcome a multitude of challenges. Conflict, climate change and a continuing economic crisis, and the global food crisis, continue to...

Pope Francis is visiting the DRC from 31 January to 3 February, and South Sudan from 3 to 5 February. The last visit by a pope to the DRC, Africa’s largest Catholic nation, was 38 years...

The Office for the Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff published the calendar of solemn liturgies, which includes Pope Francis conducting several masses in the Democratic Republic of Congo and South Sudan from 31 January to...

The BBC has revealed its list of 100 inspiring and influential women from around the world for 2022. Former South Sudanese professional basketball player and NBA scouter Sarah Chan has been named as one of those women....

Having a baby and looking to name your child a name that is purely South Sudanese? Here is a list to help you choose a name for your little one. Among the traditional South Sudanese names,...

South Sudan has officially opened the first permanent bridge over the River Nile on Thursday, 19 May 2022 in attendance of South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir, the Kenyan presidential candidate and AU infrastructure envoy Raila Odinga,...

Through a mural unveiled at the ADMISS centre facing Juba’s popular Main Street, a group of young women advocates and artistsin South Sudan came together to uniquely express their frustrations with the widespread cases of sexual and...

With 4 million people—one third of its population—unable to return to their homes, South Sudan continues to face one of the largest displacement and humanitarian crises on earth. Terrible floods, cycles of violence, and the slow...

Dr Abe Manase Lori is haunted by the memory of a 45-year-old patient who succumbed to COVID-19 at the beginning of the pandemic in South Sudan. ‘This was a time when we ran out of resources…It...