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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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- South Sudan, Israeli ex-general deny arms deals, reject US sanctions
The Times of Israel
Tuesday December 18, 2018 6:00 am EST - Working their way out of war: how South Sudanese teenagers are forging a new life
The Telegraph
Tuesday December 18, 2018 5:07 am EST - South Sudan protests fresh US sanctions
The East African
Monday December 17, 2018 10:45 am EST - South Sudan marks 5 years of vicious civil war
ABC News
Saturday December 15, 2018 10:12 am EST - NAS, South Sudan army clash in central and western Equatoria: spokesperson
Sudan Tribune
Monday December 17, 2018 5:08 pm EST - South Sudan plans cautiously for life beyond war, cautiously
The Philadelphia Tribune
Monday December 17, 2018 1:09 pm EST - Yemen, DRC, South Sudan at greatest risk of humanitarian crisis in 2019, warn IRC experts
International Rescue Committee
Monday December 17, 2018 11:30 am EST - South Sudan: Peace on paper
IRINnews.org
Friday December 14, 2018 4:28 am EST - South Sudan opposition PDM calls for accountability for December 2013 atrocities
Sudan Tribune
Monday December 17, 2018 3:41 am EST - South Sudan's Universities Beat Odds of War to Build Nation's Future
OZY
Monday December 17, 2018 12:01 am EST - Uganda breached arms embargo in funneling European weapons to South Sudan, report says
The Washington Post
Thursday November 29, 2018 3:00 am EST - UN investigates systematic sexual violence across South Sudan
UN News
Friday December 14, 2018 1:27 pm EST - UNICEF Is Reuniting Lost Children With Their Families In South Sudan
Forbes
Monday December 17, 2018 11:51 am EST - South Sudan’s neighbours help launder the loot from its civil war
The Economist
Thursday December 13, 2018 10:44 am EST - UN launches three year cooperation framework for South Sudan
United News of India
Tuesday December 18, 2018 12:13 am EST - No easy road out as South Sudan marks half a decade of war
IRINnews.org
Wednesday December 12, 2018 11:09 am EST - Tense 1st meeting of South Sudan armed leaders since peace
News24
Saturday December 1, 2018 3:00 am EST - Will South Sudan’s New Peace Deal Stick?
Chatham House
Monday November 26, 2018 3:00 am EST - Juba Massacre: South Sudan holdout alliance pledges to bring justice for victims
Sudan Tribune
Sunday December 16, 2018 1:27 am EST - New Midwives, Some Male, Want to Reduce Maternal Mortality in South Sudan
VOA News
Friday December 14, 2018 8:00 am EST - South Sudanese man responds to international backlash to his marriage
CNN
Sunday November 25, 2018 3:00 am EST - Peace needed in South Sudan to end five years of displacement
UNHCR
Friday December 14, 2018 8:46 am EST - Child on death row in South Sudan as state executions escalate
rights group
Friday December 7, 2018 3:00 am EST - South Sudan Situation: UNHCR Regional Update (1-30 September 2018)
South Sudan
Sunday September 30, 2018 3:00 am EDT - 125 Women and Girls Seeking Food Were Raped and Whipped in South Sudan
The New York Times
Sunday December 2, 2018 3:00 am EST - Life in South Sudan, where a chicken costs more than two months' wages
The Sydney Morning Herald
Monday November 19, 2018 3:00 am EST - South Sudan looks to China's technical support to unlock agriculture potentials
Global Times
Monday December 17, 2018 7:06 pm EST - Rebuilding lives while awaiting peace in South Sudan
IRINnews.org
Monday December 10, 2018 8:49 am EST - South Sudan, a nation embracing its identity through its skin
Al Jazeera English
Sunday December 9, 2018 3:00 am EST - UN condemns spate of 'brutal' sexual attacks in South Sudan
EWN
Monday December 3, 2018 1:01 am EST - 'Beyond Belief.' Facebook Under Fire After a Child Bride Was Auctioned in South Sudan
TIME
Wednesday November 21, 2018 3:00 am EST - A Former 'Lost Boy' Brings Clean, Safe Water To South Sudan
Forbes
Wednesday December 5, 2018 3:00 am EST - Colourism in South Sudan | South Sudan News
Aljazeera.com
Friday December 7, 2018 3:00 am EST - Oil-rich South Sudan seeks investment in fragile new peace
News24
Friday November 23, 2018 3:00 am EST - In South Sudan, a new approach in ending child soldiers’ use
The Tribune
Sunday November 25, 2018 3:00 am EST - Ebola Outbreak in Congo Has South Sudan on High Alert, UN Says
Bloomberg
Wednesday December 12, 2018 4:51 am EST - SSNMC's Bakosoro denies plotting to cripple South Sudan Opposition Alliance
Sudan Tribune
Thursday December 13, 2018 3:58 am EST - Unknown gunmen 'rape 125 women' in South Sudan
The Independent
Friday November 30, 2018 3:00 am EST - South Sudan mass rape: 'no one could hear me'
ABC15 Arizona
Sunday December 9, 2018 3:00 am EST - South Sudan to relocate victims of oil pollution
The East African
Tuesday December 11, 2018 5:15 am EST - South Sudan's oil suitors still skeptical over security
Petroleum Economist
Tuesday December 11, 2018 11:07 am EST - UN launches 3-year cooperation framework for South Sudan
Xinhua | English.news.cn
Monday December 17, 2018 3:43 pm EST - South Sudan to vaccinate health teams in Ebola epidemic
Business Day
Monday December 10, 2018 9:44 am EST - South Sudan seeks to revive oil production
Aljazeera.com
Wednesday November 21, 2018 3:00 am EST - Delivering Emergency Relief Amidst Violence In South Sudan
Forbes
Wednesday December 5, 2018 3:00 am EST - South Sudan archbishop prays for peace with country's president
Episcopal News Service
Wednesday November 28, 2018 3:00 am EST - South Africa to invest $1bn in South Sudan oil sector
News24
Saturday November 24, 2018 3:00 am EST - Making South Sudan's families whole again | UNICEF
UNICEF
Wednesday December 12, 2018 7:07 pm EST - South Sudan sexual violence victims narrate their ordeals
africanews
Monday December 10, 2018 2:53 pm EST - IGAD political role is more needed in South Sudan than its troops: UN chief
Sudan Tribune
Friday December 14, 2018 1:12 am EST - Why the US must not ignore the struggle for South Sudan’s soul | TheHill
The Hill
Wednesday December 5, 2018 3:00 am EST - Wave of Sexual Assaults on South Sudanese Women, Girls Condemned
VOA News
Wednesday December 5, 2018 3:00 am EST - Accessing South Sudan: Humanitarian Aid in a Time of Crisis
South Sudan
Saturday December 8, 2018 3:00 am EST - People of Ireland make a difference in Iraq, Yemen and S Sudan
Vatican News
Friday December 14, 2018 10:21 am EST - South Sudan refugee crisis
money raised in Ireland helping those fleeing violence
Monday December 3, 2018 3:00 am EST - U.N. launches three-year strategy for South Sudan
cgtn.com
Tuesday December 18, 2018 5:49 am EST - UN says ‘all sides’ still recruiting fighters in S. Sudan
Capital FM Kenya
Friday December 7, 2018 3:00 am EST - Restarting oil wells in South Sudan has uncertain health effects
Aljazeera.com
Friday November 23, 2018 3:00 am EST - South Sudan's Kiir directs to vacate newcomers from IDPs land
Sudan Tribune
Tuesday December 11, 2018 1:20 am EST - Outlook remains bleak for South Sudan food crisis
Devex
Friday December 7, 2018 3:19 am EST - Congo data, South Sudan attacks, and UNAIDS in crisis: The Cheat Sheet
IRINnews.org
Friday December 7, 2018 3:00 am EST - SA to invest R13bn in South Sudan oil industry
eNCA
Sunday November 25, 2018 3:00 am EST - ‘Barbaric use of technology’: South Sudanese child bride auctioned off on Facebook
Global News
Wednesday November 21, 2018 3:00 am EST - To Aid South Sudan's Cease-fire, Increase Transparency
South Sudan
Wednesday November 28, 2018 3:00 am EST - The influence of facetious leaders in South Sudan
Sudan Tribune
Monday December 3, 2018 3:00 am EST - Why Khartoum brokered 2018 peace deal in South Sudan
Daily Monitor
Sunday December 2, 2018 3:00 am EST - World Council of Churches condemns killing of Catholic priests in South Sudan, Cameroon
africanews
Tuesday November 27, 2018 3:00 am EST - South Sudan remains in his heart but Maker proud to be a Boomer
The Sydney Morning Herald
Thursday December 6, 2018 3:00 am EST - Kenyan court halts South Sudan’s ‘gold rush’
Daily Nation
Monday November 26, 2018 3:00 am EST - Yemen’s food crisis 10 times worse than South Sudan, says UN
The National
Monday December 10, 2018 4:49 pm EST - In South Sudan As $100000 Wasted by Shearer on Buried Review Guterres and Spox Will Not Answer
Inner City Press
Monday December 17, 2018 5:53 pm EST - BBC World Service
Focus on Africa, South Sudan region 'sees huge increase in rape', says charity
Friday November 30, 2018 3:00 am EST - Reporter's View: Stefanie Glinski on covering South Sudan's civil war
IRINnews.org
Monday December 3, 2018 3:00 am EST - Sudan extends for 6 months humanitarian corridor to South Sudan
Sudan Tribune
Saturday December 1, 2018 3:00 am EST - Two South Sudan's FDs leaders returns to Juba
Sudan Tribune
Friday November 30, 2018 3:00 am EST - South Sudan peace legal panel concludes deliberations on constitutional bill
Sudan Tribune
Thursday November 29, 2018 3:00 am EST - South Sudanese general caught by George Clooney 'laundering' money in Melbourne
The Age
Monday November 19, 2018 3:00 am EST - South Sudan: Humanitarian Snapshot (October 2018)
South Sudan
Monday November 19, 2018 3:00 am EST - Family of South Sudanese general loses $1.5m property freeze bid
The Australian
Sunday December 16, 2018 9:31 pm EST - Scores of women, girls raped in South Sudan
Channel3000.com
Saturday December 1, 2018 3:00 am EST - Are big boys about to enter South Sudan oil territory?
Daily Monitor
Tuesday November 27, 2018 3:00 am EST - How a race scare left South Sudanese star basketballers with nowhere to play
The Conversation AU
Tuesday December 4, 2018 3:00 am EST - NAS's conference supports rejection of South Sudan revitalized peace deal
Sudan Tribune
Wednesday November 28, 2018 3:00 am EST - Man stranded in S. Sudan returns home after Facebook appeal
Daily Nation
Friday November 30, 2018 3:00 am EST - South Sudan Vice President splashes cash on victorious youth team
Nairobi News
Friday November 23, 2018 3:00 am EST - Sudan dispatches humanitarian caravans to S. Sudan
Sudan Tribune
Wednesday November 21, 2018 3:00 am EST - After the death of Fr. Odhiambo, Jesuits recommit to South Sudan
Vatican News
Monday November 19, 2018 3:00 am EST - SSOA's nominee for South Sudan VP should be selected on regional basis: Costello
Sudan Tribune
Wednesday November 28, 2018 3:00 am EST - South Sudan, Rwanda ramp up Ebola prevention efforts
Devex
Thursday November 22, 2018 3:00 am EST - Timberwolves' Luol Deng to speak to Minnesota's South Sudanese community
MPR News
Saturday December 15, 2018 8:05 pm EST - South Africa plans $1bn investment in South Sudan oil industry
The National
Saturday November 24, 2018 3:00 am EST - Weekly Update on Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) Preparedness for South Sudan Update #13 (26 November 2018)
South Sudan
Monday November 26, 2018 3:00 am EST - Children sentenced to death in South Sudan
Chronicle
Wednesday December 12, 2018 9:06 am EST - South Sudan's Kiir to meet SPLM-N's al-Hilu in next few days: official
Sudan Tribune
Tuesday November 27, 2018 3:00 am EST - IGAD military leaders decide to deploy over 1600 troops in South Sudan
Sudan Tribune
Friday November 23, 2018 3:00 am EST - Uganda smuggled guns for South Sudan – report
Daily Monitor
Friday November 30, 2018 3:00 am EST - South Sudan family auctioned off daughter on Facebook: reports
Washington Times
Friday November 23, 2018 3:00 am EST - British Army applies Lulzbot 3D printers to peacekeeping in South Sudan
3D Printing Industry
Thursday December 13, 2018 12:07 pm EST - BBC World Service
Newsday, South Sudan gang rape
Monday December 3, 2018 3:00 am EST - Djibouti port to provide services to S. Sudan, Rwanda and Burundi
The East African
Wednesday December 5, 2018 3:00 am EST
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