While South Sudan is currently the newest country in the world, it might soon have that title taken away from it by a place ...

Oil-rich South Sudan gained independence from Sudan in 2011 after a long conflict. The country slid into civil war two years later when forces loyal to the president, an ethnic Dinka, battled ...

South Sudan, the world’s youngest nation, gained independence from Sudan in 2011 following a referendum. However, the country has been plagued by conflict since December 2013, when President ...