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South Sudan: one year on

The Republic of South Sudan became independent on 9 July 2011. A year on, we look at what has changed in the world's newest country – and what it means for development

23 April 2014

  • MDG : a rebel fighter stands in front of Kali-Ballee mosque, Bentiu, South Sudan

    South Sudan: Bentiu atrocity will not be the last unless pleas for help are heard

    James Copnall
    Humanitarian workers make desperate plea for international assistance as numbers of wounded and displaced people soar

8 August 2012

  • MDG : Sudan and South Sudan : water distribution point at the Batil refugee camp

    Sudan reaches agreement on aid access to rebel-controlled areas

    Deal between Sudan and South Sudan paves way for relief supplies into two border states for first time in more than a year

19 July 2012

  • Supermodel Alek Wek

    Supermodel Alek Wek makes poignant homecoming to South Sudan

    Cover star of Elle magazine confronts painful past on visit to mark first anniversary of independence

16 July 2012

  • MDG : South Sudan : MSF and refugees crisis in Blue Nile State

    South Sudan refugees – in pictures

    Since it separated from Sudan on 9 July a year ago, South Sudan has faced a set of manmade and natural disasters. Conflict with the north has led to tens of thousands of refugees fleeing south across the border, where communities that already lack water and shelter are struggling to host half a million uprooted people. Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) are providing medical services in Maban county

10 July 2012

  • Yida Refugee Camp Struggles To Cope With Population Swelling

    Can South Sudan under Salva Kiir become a better place to be a woman?

  • MDG : South Sudan one year anniversary : South Sudanese returnees sail on a barge to Juba

    In South Sudan, one day we shall be a happy nation

  • A young girl holds a South Sudan flag

    The dream of South Sudan is fading fast – I cannot yet return

    Hakeem Legge
  • South Susan nationality office

    South Sudan: millions wait for proof they are citizens of new nation

9 July 2012

  • Shelter South Sudan Turalei

    South Sudan one year on – in pictures

  • South Sudan: in numbers

  • MDG : South Sudan : Refugees from Blue Nile state arrive at the Yusuf Batil Refugee camp

    South Sudan: can Africa's problem child grow into a valuable partner?

  • A man walks in a market stalls selling secondhand clothes in Juba

    South Sudan faces economic disaster as cost of independence bites

8 July 2012

  • South Sudanese women dance at a festival to celebrate the country's anniversary of independence

    Juba's bitter anniversary

    Ros Wynne-Jones

    Ros Wynne-Jones: A year after South Sudan gained independence, its dreams of peace and prosperity lie in tatters

  • South Sudanese

    South Sudan a year on: the UN may be critical but the people remain hopeful

    After jubilation of independence a year ago South Sudan has been hit by conflict, corruption, and western indifference

  • South Sudan

    South Sudan marks first anniversary of independence in wary mood

    Violent divorce with Sudan, corruption and debilitating oil crisis underline difficulties of constructing state

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