South Sudan News News South Sudan » Security: Western governments criticize controversial South Sudan security bill for undermining open political and civil space
Nine Western embassies, including the US, criticized a controversial security bill in South Sudan that allows the government to detain people without warrants on Thursday. The joint statement issued ...
News South Sudan » Security: Western envoys criticize South Sudan security bill that could allow warrantless detentions
JUBA – The U.S. and other western governments criticized a controversial security bill in South Sudan that would allow the government to detain people without warrants, saying it would undermine open ...
News South Sudan » Security: Coronavirus - South Sudan: Security Council Press Statement on South Sudan
The members of the Security Council welcomed encouraging developments in South Sudan’s peace process, including the agreement between the parties to the Revitalised Agreement on the allocation of ...
News South Sudan » Security: Eight migrants deported from Djibouti to South Sudan, Homeland Security says
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Illustration shows U.S. flag and Judge gavel WASHINGTON/NAIROBI (Reuters) -The Trump administration has deported to South Sudan ...
News South Sudan » Security: South Sudan at 15: how the political elite have found a way to profit from peace as well as war
South Sudan’s independence from Sudan in 2011 was meant to close the chapter on one of Africa’s longest civil wars: the north-south war that preceded it. Formally, it did. But independence did not end ...
News South Sudan » Security: South Sudan president dismisses long-serving security chief
NAIROBI, Oct 3 (Reuters) - South Sudan's President Salva Kiir has dismissed the country's long-serving intelligence chief, replacing him with a close ally, state broadcaster SSBC reported, citing a ...
News South Sudan » Security: Sudan security forces are detaining boys and girls, subjecting them to rape and torture
South Sudan's security forces have carried out mass arrests of boys, young men and women in the capital, Juba, since late June 2025, using an anti-crime campaign to justify serious human rights abuses ...
News South Sudan » Security: Sudan rejects South Sudan’s inclusion of Abyei in electoral districts
July 13, 2026 (KHARTOUM) – The Sudanese foreign ministry announced on Monday that the government rejects a decision by South Sudan’s National Elections Commission to include the Abyei Administrative ...
News South Sudan » Security: VIDEO: Climate, Peace and Security in South Sudan
“There is significant recognition within UNMISS that there is a climate signature in the way the conflict pattern is evolving” - Johnson Nkem, Climate, Peace and Security Advisor (CPSA), UNMISS. This ...
News South Sudan » Security: In maps and charts: South Sudan’s 15 years of independence
AJLabs breaks down the 15 years of liberation from Khartoum and the impact on 12 million people.