OTTAWA—Global Affairs Canada is warning Canadians to avoid all travel to Sudan after the country's longtime leader was ousted in a military coup.

The CDC said it has been assessing travelers arriving from Congo, Uganda, and neighboring South Sudan for symptoms and possible exposure to Ebola.

South Sudan became independent from Sudan in 2011, but civil war broke out two years later between the government led by Kiir and a rebel movement led by Machar.

JUBA, South Sudan—125 women and girls have been raped, whipped, and clubbed in attacks so shocking that some aid workers in South Sudan say they are left speechless.

Then-Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem also moved to end protection for Burma (also known as Myanmar), Honduras, Nepal, Nicaragua, Ethiopia, and South Sudan, although those decisions remain locked in legal battle.

The United States on March 13 released its annual "Country Reports on Human Rights Practices" documenting violations in nearly 200 countries and territories, with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo singling out by name Iran, South Sudan, Nicaragua, and China

JUBA, South Sudan—A commercial plane crashed into a lake in South Sudan on Sunday and killed 20 people, a local official said.

The men attacked during an hours-long walk home to the South Sudan village of Nhialdiu.

Sudan imported one shipment of new banknotes last month, and three further shipments are due to arrive soon, a finance ministry source said, without giving further details.

Map of Sudan (Diana Hubert/The Epoch Times) By Eric Beech

Oil-rich South Sudan gained independence from neighboring Sudan in 2011 but slid into civil war in December 2013. More than 4 million people, a third of the population, have been uprooted by violence. The investigators from the U.N.

Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) released updated guidance Friday afternoon, pushing back the termination date of employment authorizations to July 24 for Haitians and July 17 for immigrants from Ethiopia, Syria, Somalia, Yemen, South Sudan

Sudanese women and children carry water at the Yida refugee camp along the border with Sudan, in Yida, South Sudan, on June 30, 2012. (Paula Bronstein/Getty Images) “We are disappointed by what we are seeing.

Civil War Oil-rich South Sudan became the world's youngest nation when it won independence from Sudan in 2011. Civil war broke out two years later, eventually forcing a third of the 12-million strong population to flee their homes.

On Nov. 20, 2025, the UNGA’s Fourth Committee passed six resolutions condemning Israel while producing not a single resolution on Sudan, where fighting has killed more than 150,000 people and driven 12 million from their homes.

The Russian ambassador to Sudan, Mirgayas Shirinsky, 62, is now the fourth Russian envoy to die while overseas in the last eight months. The circumstances surrounding Shirinsky's death are still unclear.

Commission on Human Rights into South Sudan is the most comprehensive report so far into ethnic cleansing and conditions that could lead to genocide in the nation deep in civil war.

Some other countries, such as the United States, have prohibited certain people from flying into their nations from Congo, Uganda, and South Sudan. Uganda has confirmed Ebola cases and deaths. South Sudan has not confirmed any cases or deaths.

South Sudan is no longer in a state in famine, at least according to its official definition. The U.N. emergency relief coordinator said that the country still needs to be watched closely.

Jordan, an ICC member, has said Arab League member Sudan has a right to attend Wednesday's summit.

Ban did not elaborate on the degree to which U.N. forces in South Sudan could be bolstered, saying he would discuss it with the Security Council. The U.N. currently has 12,000 peacekeeping troops and police in South Sudan.

KAMPALA, Uganda—South Sudan, the world's newest country, is in political limbo after rebel leader and former vice president Riek Machar fled earlier this week.

Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), impacts nationals who were under TPS from Haiti, Syria, Burma, Yemen, Ethiopia, South Sudan, and Somalia. The work permits for these nations will expire on July 10.

JOHANNESBURG—The United States, India and other countries continue to evacuate their citizens from South Sudan, where a fragile cease-fire appears to hold amid fears of a return to civil war.

JUBA, South Sudan— A new report by a London-based research organization says Sudan has been supplying South Sudanese rebels with arms and ammunition.

U.N. peacekeepers in South Sudan are mandated to use lethal force to protect civilians under imminent threat in South Sudan.

South Sudan is trying to emerge from a two-year civil war caused by political rivalry between Vice President Riek Machar and President Salva Kiir.

To be very honest, the best way forward would be to rid South Sudan of these incompetent puppets, and head towards a merger with Sudan.

The U.N. calls South Sudan one of the world's worst humanitarian crises.

(AP Photo/Rebecca Vassie) South Sudan gained independence from Sudan in 2011, but civil war erupted two years later and tens of thousands have been killed. New fighting in July in the capital, Juba, created a surge of more than 185,000 refugees.