• Officially the Republic of South Sudan, landlocked in East Africa
• Bordered by Sudan, Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, DRC, and Central African Republic
• Diverse landscape: plains, savannahs, floodplains, mountains; dominated by the Nile River
• Population: approximately 12.7 million (2024); capital is Juba

• Occupied by Egypt in the 1800s; Anglo-Egyptian governance from 1899-1956
• Southern Sudan Autonomous Region formed in 1972, dissolved in 1983
• Second Sudanese Civil War (1983-2005), ended with Comprehensive Peace Agreement
• Independence declared on July 9, 2011, after 98.8% referendum support

• Experienced civil war (2013-2018) with severe human rights abuses
• Governed by a coalition of SPLM and SPLM-IO leaders
• Young population, primarily Nilotic ethnic groups, with diverse faiths
• Member of UN, African Union; among the least developed nations globally

List of newspapers published in South Sudan.