South Sudan
Facts and historical events related to South Sudan, drawn from the Provenance Africa archive and the On This Day collection.
- Here's our 18-year-old South Sudanese basketball prodigy Khaman Maluach, drafted 10th overall in the 2025 N…
- A chartered Beechcraft 1900 crashed near the Unity oilfield in South Sudan, killing 20 people on board. (2025)
- GRAPHIC: Video of about 37 African immigrants/refugees mainly from Chad, Niger, Sudan and South Sudan, mass…
- Our delectable South Sudanese super, supermodel, Adut Akech on the runway for Olivier Rousteing's 10-year a…
- Ladies and gentlemen, another dime from South Sudan, supermodel Duckie Thot.
- Kamila Wajo, South Sudanese.
- Our South Sudanese runway queen, Anok Yai opens and closes for Tom Ford's Autumn/Winter 2019 Collection on…
- Here's our South Sudanese Queen of the runway, Adut Akech, modelling all your A-list fashion brands. Pick a…
- Lawrence Lual Malong Yor Jr., lavish South Sudanese tycoon, in this bizarre interview tells us how he divin…
- Ladies and gentlemen, here's one of our A-list supermodels, Adut Akech. Born in South Sudan and partly rais…
- The South Sudanese model Nyakim Gatwech also known as Queen of Dark is the new sensation for dark skin enth…
- Ladies and gentlemen, the gorgeous Modong Manuela Mogga, Miss South Sudan 2013. Miss World 2014 Top 10 fina…
- 1. The Dinka of South Sudan are the tallest tribe of people in Africa, and one of the world's tallest tribe
- Africa's richest supermodel, Alek Wek (South Sudanese). Net worth: $30,000,000
- Luol Deng, South Sudanese, of Miami Heat, was considered the 2nd most promising player in the entire US aft…
- We can never forget Manute Bol, one of the 2 all-time tallest NBA players (7.7 ft), from South Sudan. (1962…
- Luol Deng, who plays 🏀 for Miami Heat, is probably South Sudan's biggest global (sporting) ambassador.
- Alek Wek, South Sudanese, $30million-worth, is a TOP model/vixen. Featured in Janet Jackson/Jay Z/Busta Rhy…
- More than 400 civilians sheltering in houses of worship and a hospital were killed in the Bentiu massacre,… (2014)
- The UK is also the 2nd largest exporter of arms to the brand new, embryonic state of South Sudan, and its s…
- There are presently 223 pyramids in Sudan and South Sudan.
- Equatoria, now a region in South Sudan, was originally an Egyptian province containing most of northern par…
- About 1.5 million people died and over 4 million displaced in the 22-year civil war in Sudan that led to So…
- Algeria became the largest country in Africa and the 10th largest in the world in 2011, after South Sudan s…
- July 9, 2013 marks the second anniversary of the independence of the Republic of South Sudan. It is the wor…
- A reported coup attempt in South Sudan triggered fighting that escalated into a devastating civil war. (2013)
- South Sudan declared independence from Sudan, becoming Africa's 54th country. (2011)
- The UN Security Council adopted Resolution 1999, admitting South Sudan as a member state of the United Nati… (2011)
- The African Union announced it would admit South Sudan as its 54th member state. (2011)
- John Garang, the Sudanese rebel leader and first president of the autonomous Government of South Sudan, die… (2005)
- The Sudan People's Liberation Movement and the Government of Sudan signed the Comprehensive Peace Agreement… (2005)
- Thon Maker, South Sudanese-Australian basketball player, is born. (1997)
- Luol Deng, South Sudanese-British basketball player and two-time NBA All-Star, was born in Wau, Sudan (now… (1985)
- Salva Kiir Mayardit, the former SPLA commander who became the first president of South Sudan upon its indep… (1951)
- John Garang, the rebel leader who led the Sudan People's Liberation Movement and helped pave the way for So… (1945)