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South Sudan broke away from Sudan to form an independent country in 2011 after a long-running civil war, but more recently, growing numbers of Sudanese people are fleeing into South Sudan to ...
South Sudan President Salva Kiir has fired Finance Minister Dier Tong Ngor, the latest abrupt cabinet change in the East African country, and a spokesperson for Kiir linked it to a recent slump in ...
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Ongoing – COVID-19 pandemic in South Sudan, Aftermath of the South Sudanese Civil War, Sudanese nomadic conflicts, ethnic violence in South Sudan January 28 – Nairobi Declaration [ 1 ] April 5 – An international human development agency says that 13 Jiye/Jie people have died from conditions related to famine in Kapoeta , while hundreds of ...
The executive branch of government is headed by the president. Under the TCSS, the president's term lasts for two consecutive 5-year terms. However, in April 2015, South Sudan's parliament voted to extend Kiir's term to 9 July 2018. [40] A new vote held in July 2018 further postponed South Sudan's first election until 2021. The president has ...
19 February – Locust swarms spread from Uganda to South Sudan. [5] 20 February – The government and rebels reach a peace agreement in South Sudan. [6] 5 April - The first case of COVID-19 in the country was confirmed in a 29-year-old patient, a United Nations worker, who arrived on 28 February from the Netherlands. [7]
The main pipeline carrying oil from South Sudan through Sudan for export has been suffering stoppages since last month due to problems linked to the war between Sudan's army and the Rapid Support ...
[5] May 28 – The United Nations Security Council approves a resolution drafted by the United States to extend the arms embargo imposed on South Sudan since 2018 until May 31, 2022, due to the increasing violence and repeated human rights abuses in the country. [6] June 22 – South Sudan officially resumes the production of crude oil after a ...