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WORLD FACTBOOK (US)
Introduction: Egypt attempted to colonize the region of southern Sudan by establishing the province of Equatoria in the 1870s. Islamic Mahdist revolutionaries overran the region in 1885, but in 1898 a British force was able to overthrow the Mahdist regime. An Anglo-Egyptian Sudan was established the following year with Equatoria being the southernmost of its eight provinces. The isolated region was largely left to itself over the following decades, but Christian missionaries converted much of the population and facilitated the spread of English. When Sudan gained its independence in 1956, it was with the understanding that the southerners would be able to...
BACKGROUND NOTES (US)
History: South Sudan and Sudan were a collection of small, independent kingdoms and principalities from the beginning of the Christian era until 1820-21, when Egypt conquered and unified the northern portion of the country. However, neither the Egyptian nor the Mahdist state (1883-1898) had any effective control of the southern region outside of a few garrisons. South Sudan remained an area of fragmented
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COUNTRY PROFILE (UK)
International Relations: The Department for International Development (DFID) works with South Sudan in a number of ways, including reducing poverty, tackling corruption and providing the resources for sustainable livelihoods. For more information on what DFID are doing in South Sudan, please visit their
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Saturday June 15, 2019 5:01 pm EDT - South Sudan: Record number of people face severe hunger
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Friday June 14, 2019 10:44 am EDT - Cash, Commodification and Conflict in South Sudan
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Monday June 17, 2019 7:57 am EDT - The Old Guard Are Killing the World's Youngest Country
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Friday June 14, 2019 2:39 am EDT - South Sudan's embassy closures could harm ties with Norway and France
Deutsche Welle
Friday June 14, 2019 12:35 pm EDT - Friday's Daily Brief : Sudan and South Sudan, Ebola, ECOSOC elections, risks of 5G tech
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Friday June 14, 2019 3:27 pm EDT - South Sudan vows to protect children rights amid peace
Xinhua | English.news.cn
Monday June 17, 2019 12:06 pm EDT - South Sudan Situation Report, 17 Jun 2019
South Sudan
Monday June 17, 2019 9:33 am EDT - South Sudanese president appoints new oil minister
Reuters
Wednesday June 12, 2019 3:23 pm EDT - South Sudan jails prominent economist over media interviews
Reuters
Tuesday June 11, 2019 7:24 am EDT - South Sudan heightens efforts to increase voluntary blood donation to save lives
South Sudan
Friday June 14, 2019 3:00 am EDT - IOM Flow Monitoring Dashboard: Uganda/South Sudan Border (May 2019)
Uganda
Friday May 31, 2019 3:00 am EDT - For One Night, Asylum-Seeking Chef Offers DC A Taste Of South Sudan
WAMU 88.5
Monday June 17, 2019 6:41 am EDT - UNMISS PoC Update, 17 June 2019
South Sudan
Monday June 17, 2019 4:03 am EDT - Amid Sudan's Brutal Crackdown, Trump Admin Appoints Envoy Who Helped Worsen War in South Sudan
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Friday June 14, 2019 4:05 pm EDT - Situation Overview: Jonglei State, South Sudan (January to March 2019)
South Sudan
Monday June 17, 2019 4:24 am EDT - 86 displaced South Sudanese return home
Africanews English
Tuesday June 11, 2019 1:29 pm EDT - Sudan crisis: How it started and other facts
India Today
Monday June 17, 2019 5:08 am EDT - Sudan and the Instagram Tragedy Hustle
The Atlantic
Monday June 17, 2019 8:00 am EDT - UN praises Indian peacekeepers in South Sudan for humanitarian aid, critical work
Times of India
Sunday June 16, 2019 6:09 am EDT - Extended sanctions and renewed fighting in South Sudan
Deutsche Welle
Friday May 31, 2019 3:00 am EDT - Protecting Older People and People with Disabilities in South Sudan
Human Rights Watch
Wednesday June 5, 2019 3:00 am EDT - BBC World Service
Newsday, 'Outrageous' conviction in South Sudan
Wednesday June 12, 2019 12:00 am EDT - These are the 10 most dangerous countries in the world in 2019
Business Insider
Monday June 17, 2019 2:16 pm EDT - UNHCR welcomes South Sudan's accession to international convention to protect internally displaced
UNHCR
Friday June 14, 2019 10:17 am EDT - South Sudan seeks $500m loan from African Export-Import Bank
Fin24
Friday June 14, 2019 12:59 pm EDT - Pocket-sized innovation, giant impact: New app and online system launches in South Sudan to support most vulnerable children
UNICEF
Thursday June 6, 2019 3:00 am EDT - You Want Peace? Don't Block Our Arms Shipments, South Sudan Says
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Sunday June 2, 2019 3:00 am EDT - South Sudan: Humanitarian Response Dashboard (April 2019)
South Sudan
Friday June 14, 2019 2:48 pm EDT - US Episcopal Church builds on tie with South Sudan
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Thursday June 13, 2019 7:33 pm EDT - South Sudan: Humanitarian Snapshot (May 2019)
South Sudan
Friday May 31, 2019 3:00 am EDT - New commitment to end cattle raids in Greater Unity reached at UNMISS-supported conference
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Monday June 17, 2019 5:37 am EDT - 'I've killed so many people, I've lost count': South Sudan's child soldiers search for a life after war
The Independent
Tuesday May 21, 2019 3:00 am EDT - South Sudan Nationals Arrested In Amuru
New Vision
Monday June 17, 2019 10:51 am EDT - Refugee from South Sudan becomes an advocate for tree planting in Uganda
UNHCR
Wednesday June 5, 2019 3:00 am EDT - UN Road rehabilitation in South Sudan, June 2019
South Sudan
Thursday June 13, 2019 7:23 am EDT - South Sudan: Government Forces Abusing Civilians
Human Rights Watch
Tuesday June 4, 2019 3:00 am EDT - South Sudan: Acute Food Insecurity and Acute Malnutrition Situation Projection for May
July 2019
Friday June 14, 2019 5:16 am EDT - Road repairs around South Sudan encouraging growth and peace
South Sudan
Wednesday June 12, 2019 1:11 pm EDT - UN Renews South Sudan Arms Embargo
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Thursday May 30, 2019 1:26 pm EDT - Ebola crisis aid package released for Uganda, South Sudan
Government Europa
Thursday June 13, 2019 10:43 am EDT - Saving South Sudan's Peace Deal
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Thursday May 23, 2019 3:00 am EDT - UN blue helmets in South Sudan use Sustainable Development Goals to help build peace
UN News
Saturday May 18, 2019 3:00 am EDT - Vice President of South Sudan highlights investment opportunities within country's oil industry
Oilfield Technology
Monday June 10, 2019 5:02 am EDT - New Bridge Slashes Travel Times in South Sudan
VOA News
Friday June 7, 2019 3:00 am EDT - South Sudan food crisis, slow storms, and sitting on the Sudan fence: The Cheat Sheet
The New Humanitarian
Friday June 14, 2019 1:20 pm EDT - South Sudan's future depends on getting children back in school, aid actors say
Devex
Tuesday June 4, 2019 3:00 am EDT - Free movement in support of South Sudanese civilians crucial, says head of UNMISS
South Sudan
Tuesday June 11, 2019 12:09 pm EDT - South Sudan struggles to increase oil production after war
Washington Post
Wednesday May 29, 2019 3:00 am EDT - World Vision South Sudan: East Africa Children's Crisis Situation Report | April 01
April 30, 2019
Friday May 24, 2019 3:00 am EDT - South Sudan March-May 2019 Briefing
South Sudan
Friday May 31, 2019 3:00 am EDT - South Sudan: Internews Bentiu e-Bulletin (June 13, 2019)
South Sudan
Thursday June 13, 2019 3:00 am EDT - WFP South Sudan Situation Report #247, 7 June 2019
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Friday June 7, 2019 3:00 am EDT - 'Demo' found written on South Sudan in Google Maps
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Wednesday May 29, 2019 3:00 am EDT - Pearson: A strong bond over South Sudan, 20 years in the making
The London Free Press
Friday June 14, 2019 7:48 pm EDT - Situation Overview: Greater Bahr el Ghazal, South Sudan (January
March 2019)
Sunday March 31, 2019 3:00 am EDT - South Sudan returnees find hope in farm support for self reliance
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Sunday June 9, 2019 6:34 am EDT - How the Sudan crisis is playing out in Africa and the Middle East
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Sunday June 16, 2019 8:15 am EDT - SA may find partners for $1 billion South Sudan oil block
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Tuesday May 21, 2019 3:00 am EDT - Fallston Middle students raise money for South Sudan
Fox Baltimore
Tuesday June 11, 2019 9:21 pm EDT - FIRST RAISE A FLAG: How South Sudan Won the Longest War But Lost the Peace
Geographical
Tuesday June 11, 2019 9:44 pm EDT - Fighting for girls' right to say no to child marriage in South Sudan
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Tuesday June 11, 2019 2:18 pm EDT - Fighting resumes in South Sudan
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Tuesday May 28, 2019 3:00 am EDT - South Sudan
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Friday June 7, 2019 6:19 pm EDT - New app seeks to reunite South Sudan's 'lost children' with families
Reuters
Friday June 7, 2019 3:00 am EDT - South Sudan: Mutual mistrust stalls peace deal for a further six months
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Sunday May 19, 2019 3:00 am EDT - From 8 to 700 midwives in 8 years, South Sudan is making huge strides in saving mothers' lives, with UNFPA support
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Tuesday June 11, 2019 5:10 am EDT - Third Japanese Ambassador's Cup Karate Competition on 8th June 2019
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Saturday June 8, 2019 2:56 am EDT - South Sudan accuses AU of unilateral action following Sudan’s suspension
Citizen
Monday June 10, 2019 5:00 am EDT - Game of Thrones knight Liam Cunningham is fighting a real-life war, that of ‘compassion’ against aggression
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Monday June 17, 2019 12:25 pm EDT - 'We are the light of South Sudan,' say graduates of UN-run vocational school in Bor
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Friday June 7, 2019 3:00 am EDT - In war-torn South Sudan, two Spanish priests build a shrine to Our Lady of the Rosary
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Friday May 31, 2019 3:00 am EDT - Sudan's junta chief visits Juba, South Sudan
Radio Dabanga
Tuesday May 28, 2019 3:00 am EDT - I reunify children with their families in South Sudan. With this new app, my job has just become a lot easier
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Friday June 7, 2019 8:48 am EDT - South Sudan never far from mind of Northern Arizona Suns’ Peter Jok
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Tuesday June 4, 2019 3:00 am EDT - UN repairs 2,500 km roads to support peace, economic growth in South Sudan
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Thursday June 13, 2019 9:23 am EDT - IOM South Sudan Core Pipeline 2019 | Quarter 1 Report
South Sudan
Thursday June 6, 2019 3:00 am EDT - S. Sudan to close some embassies over financial woes: official
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Tuesday May 21, 2019 3:00 am EDT - Press briefing note on South Sudan, 7 June 2019
South Sudan
Friday June 7, 2019 7:43 am EDT - UNHCR applauds South Sudan's accession to the International Convention to protect Internally Displaced
South Sudan
Friday June 7, 2019 12:28 pm EDT - #BlueforSudan: social media users show solidarity for protester
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Friday June 14, 2019 9:42 am EDT - East Africa: How the Sudan Crisis Is Playing Out in Africa and the Middle East
AllAfrica
Monday June 17, 2019 4:25 am EDT - East and Horn of Africa, Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) Monthly Regional Update
(April 2019)
Monday June 17, 2019 8:57 am EDT - Choose health not tobacco: South Sudan marks the World No Tobacco Day
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Saturday June 1, 2019 11:58 am EDT - South Sudan Situation Report, 31 May 2019
South Sudan
Friday May 31, 2019 3:00 am EDT - South Sudan president: I was ‘almost trembling’ as Pope Francis begged me to make peace
Catholic News Agency
Monday May 20, 2019 3:00 am EDT - In South Sudan, grandmothers breastfeed malnourished grandchildren
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Tuesday May 28, 2019 3:00 am EDT - Sudan: Population Dashboard
Refugees from South Sudan (as of 15 May 2019)
Monday May 27, 2019 3:00 am EDT - UN introduce Umuganda in South Sudan
The New Times
Sunday June 9, 2019 5:37 pm EDT - UNICEF South Sudan Humanitarian Situation Report
April 2019
Tuesday April 30, 2019 3:00 am EDT - South Sudan inaugurates European Union-funded bridge in Warrap State
Africanews English
Tuesday June 4, 2019 3:00 am EDT - Former South Sudan FA President Chabur Goc Alei is arrested as he appeal Fifa ban
BBC Sport
Wednesday May 29, 2019 3:00 am EDT - South Sudan Situation: UNHCR Regional Update (1-30 April 2019)
South Sudan
Tuesday April 30, 2019 3:00 am EDT - IOM South Sudan Migration Health Unit 2019 | Quarter 1 Report
South Sudan
Thursday June 6, 2019 3:00 am EDT - IOM South Sudan Transition and Recovery 2019 | Quarter 1 Report
South Sudan
Thursday June 6, 2019 9:00 am EDT - Two Ugandan teachers shot dead in South Sudan
The Observer
Monday May 27, 2019 3:00 am EDT - South Sudan: Christian Mission for Development 2018 Annual Report
South Sudan
Friday May 24, 2019 3:00 am EDT - South Sudan
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Tuesday May 28, 2019 3:00 am EDT - IOM South Sudan Rapid Response Fund 2019 | Quarter 1 Report
South Sudan
Thursday June 6, 2019 8:50 am EDT - South Sudan: Dulamaya IDP site
Rokon County Site report
Thursday May 30, 2019 3:00 am EDT
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