At least 37 people were killed during a shootout at a meeting to resolve cattle disputes in South Sudan, officials said Saturday, the latest in a spate of violence in the world's newest nation.
Trouble continues in the fledgling nation of South Sudan. CNN's Jim Clancy reports.
A theater company from South Sudan is translating Shakespeare into the local dialect for the first time, before performing the play at London's Globe Theatre.
A former Sudanese child solider talks about moving to the United States and becoming an actor and model.
It's been almost two decades since I was separated from my family, my home and my past as a war child. Last year I was able to travel back to East Africa to find my parents, reconnect with others who survived the war and place my vote in the referendum that would eventually lead to the division of Sudan into two independent states.
Last July, the world celebrated the birth of its newest nation as South Sudan officially separated from the north. It was hoped then that after decades of bloodshed, the people of of both nations would finally know peace.
A South Sudan rebel group warned the United Nations and residents to leave a remote border state within three days or risk coming under fire as it launches an attack on the local government.
According to the U.N. thousands of people face "imminent starvation" in Somalia. CNN's Anderson Cooper has more.
The new nation of South Sudan plans to relocate its capital from the bustling main city of Juba to a smaller town in the north.
In South Sudan, a new nation with more than 60 different tribes, one wrestling champion is helping communities find common ground.
On Saturday, southern Sudan will become the independent country of South Sudan. This will be an historic event: the culmination of a six-year process that ended a long, brutal civil war that caused the deaths of millions. Although the road to independence has been hard, people look toward the future.
The world's newest nation is celebrating its independence Saturday.
South Sudan took a seat at the world's table early Saturday as citizens of the new country took to the streets to celebrate.
Victoria Bol sits under the blazing sun in the soon-to-be world's newest capital of Juba, a city of red soil, winding dirt roads and scattered tin-roofed homes.
Border security raises concerns in Sudan as it prepares to split in two. CNN's Nima Elbagir reports.
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice is leading a U.S. delegation to Juba for Saturday's ceremonies marking the independence of South Sudan, the White House said Wednesday.
I missed Independence Day in America this year -- the picnic baskets hauled to the beach and the fireworks lighting up the night sky. But that's OK, because this year, I'm looking forward to July 9, when millions of South Sudanese will celebrate their independence for the first time.
Juba residents clean up their city wanting it to be worthy of decades of Sudanese struggle. CNN's Nima Elbagir reports.
A Southern Sudanese minister and his bodyguard were fatally shot Monday in Juba, authorities said.
If Southern Sudan becomes the world's newest country, the city of Juba is expected to be its capital.
For years, in some cases decades, they survived persistent and intense violence, lived in often squalid refugee camps or tough cities and were treated as second-class citizens in what -- at least for a few more months -- has been their country.
CNN's David McKenzie reports on the return of wartime and economic refugees to southern Sudan after a historic election.
Polling stations across Southern Sudan began counting Saturday ballots cast in a weeklong referendum whose result could split the country into two.
On Sunday, the people of Southern Sudan began casting ballots in a historic seven-day referendum in which they will choose between continued unity with northern Sudan, or secession to become a new state.
Several million people began deciding Sunday whether to give birth to the world's newest nation.
Actor George Clooney is monitoring the election in Sudan and says he is optimistic about the country's future.
Several million people will decide in the next week or so whether to give birth to the world's newest nation.
CNN's Ben Wedeman speaks to Southern Sudanese refugees heading for an uncertain fate.
After a 55 year struggle, Africa's largest country, Sudan, is just days away from a referendum that may see the mainly Christian and traditional animist people in the south split from the majority Muslim north and become a new nation.
Each ballot carries two pictures: One hand signifies independence; two hands, a unified Sudan.
A plane carrying thousands of ballots has landed in Southern Sudan ahead of a pivotal referendum there next month.
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called Sudan a "ticking time bomb," and urged international leaders to help ensure a successful referendum process by intensifying efforts to bring the north and south together.
Sudan is holding multi-party elections for the first time in more than two decades. CNN's David McKenzie reports.
Voters in Sudan flocked to polling stations Sunday in the first multiparty elections in 24 years amid allegations of fraud and calls for a vote boycott.
Oil-rich southern Sudan has survived war with the central government. But Khartoum may not want to cede control
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Tuesday that time was critical and the Sudanese government's cooperation "essential" to successfully deploying a new peacekeeping force in war-torn Darfur.
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