South Sudan
The curious case of South Sudanese streets named after Australian rugby league greats | Kieran Pender
Darren Lockyer Road, Mal Meninga Drive, Arthur Beetson Way … either the game has really taken off in Juba, or someone’s having a laugh. We launch an investigation to find out
Kieran Pender
05, Dec, 2024 @2:00 PM
Almost two dozen countries at high risk of acute hunger, UN report reveals
Sudan, South Sudan, Mali, Palestine and Haiti rated at level of highest concern in latest six-monthly analysis
Carlos Mureithi East Africa correspondent
31, Oct, 2024 @2:40 PM
A teenage bride wed for a record price: the ‘marriage competition’ that divided a nation
Underage marriage is illegal in South Sudan yet so commonplace it rarely attracts attention. But the case of Athiak Dau Riak, who her mother says is only 14, polarising her family and the country
27, Sep, 2024 @4:00 AM
South Sudan medics trial AI app to identify snakes and improve bite treatment
Software with database of 380,000 pictures aims to aid quick and accurate identification and ensure correct use of antivenoms
Kaamil Ahmed
25, Sep, 2024 @12:00 PM
‘The world’s simply not noticing’: 2024 likely to be deadliest year for aid workers
Nearly 200 humanitarians have been killed so far this year, the majority local hires, as growing disregard for international law ramps up the risks to those in conflict hotspots
Rebecca Root
09, Sep, 2024 @4:00 AM
UN warns that South Sudan faces ‘existential crisis’ ahead of uncertain polls
Head of UN mission calls for more peacekeepers as security council told that the nation is far from prepared for its first election as an independent country
Mark Townsend in Abiemnom, South Sudan
20, Aug, 2024 @6:00 AM
A drowning town: are Bentiu’s dykes high enough to save it from disaster?
UN troops are shoring up flood defences in the South Sudan town. But with record rains forecast, the lives of tens of thousands of displaced people could be at risk
Mark Townsend in Bentiu
13, Aug, 2024 @5:00 AM
Girls as young as nine gang-raped by paramilitaries in Sudan – report
Human Rights Watch accuses RSF militia of ‘countless’ cases of rape and torture in Khartoum in 15-month civil war
Mark Townsend and Mahika Ravi Shankar
29, Jul, 2024 @3:00 AM
‘A journey bigger than basketball’: South Sudan dreams of Olympic glory
The underdog team’s astonishing journey to Paris has inspired the country – and fans across Africa – with hopes the Bright Stars will light the way for the next generation
Sarah Johnson
27, Jul, 2024 @11:00 AM
Ten years after a celebrity summit promised to end rape as a weapon of war, is there any change for the women of South Sudan?
Guardian investigation reveals conflict-riven country received little funding or support and that high-profile perpetrators remain in public office
Mark Townsend in Juba
04, Jul, 2024 @8:00 AM
Londoner continues epic trans-Africa run after release from South Sudan jail
Deo Kato detained by security services for three weeks after being arrested near Juba on run from South Africa to UK
Saeed Kamali Dehghan
27, Jun, 2024 @1:00 PM
Migration of 6m antelope in South Sudan dwarfs previous records for world’s biggest, aerial study reveals
The movement is more than double that of east Africa’s renowned ‘great migration’ and has continued despite decades of war and instability
Graeme Green
25, Jun, 2024 @12:00 PM
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