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## South Sudan


* ![DRCONGO-VATICAN-DIPLOMACY-RELIGION-POPE](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltaa7847d0e2b34022/698a3a1786f68e3e076f222e/GettyImages-1246717851.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Feb 3, 2023  
## [Why The Pope Is Visiting South Sudan and DRC](https://time.com/6252867/pope-francis-south-sudan-africa-visit/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Armani Syed
* ![portrait of Bhishop Kussala](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt94564a261d6c62d7/698a045509208f5f7b415b1c/bishop-kussala-1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Oct 16, 2019  
## [The South Sudanese Bishop Trying to Bring War to an End in the World’s Newest Country](https://time.com/5700917/south-sudan-bishop-peace/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Belinda Luscombe
* ![Cyber Attacks](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0be75d0715320172/69893fa3457a5253d3d5ff1b/gettyimages-860264044.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Nov 21, 2018  
## [Child Bride Auctioned in South Sudan on Facebook](https://time.com/5460953/facebook-child-bride-auction-south-sudan/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Eli Meixler
* ![MYANMAR-BANGLADESH-UNREST](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbf39e029d5c43313/6988f64b0a4a22538f9d1309/gettyimages-614463798.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Dec 22, 2017  
## [U.S. Sanctions Myanmar General Accused of Ethnic Cleansing](https://time.com/5077015/us-sanctions-rights-abusers-myanmar-general/)  
[POLITICS](/section/politics/)  
by Reuters
* ![The new head of the World Food Programme \(WFP\) David Beasley attends a press conference about an updated aid appeal for South Sudan on May 15, 2017 at the United Nations Office in Geneva.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0cf7dce8a51ac80d/6988d699e76ad207f162e6ba/gettyimages-683232028.jpg?branch=production&width=828&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jul 20, 2017  
## [Meet the Former Governor Fighting the Worst Humanitarian Crisis Since 1945](https://time.com/4866580/famine-world-food-programme-humanitarian-crisis/)  
[POLITICS](/section/politics/)  
by Jack Brewster  
* ![13-Anja-Niedringhaus-Award-child-bride-yemen](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb1d57c07400128f1/6988cbbe7cdbac7386d582df/13-anja-niedringhaus-award-child-bride-yemen.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
May 3, 2017  
## [Celebrating the Legacy of Anja Niedringhaus](https://time.com/4764211/anja-niedringhaus-legacy/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Alexandra Genova
* ![A severely malnourished child from Leer receives treatment at the inpatient ward run by International Medical Corps at the Protection of Civilians site in Juba, March 22, 2016.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbd145c1002a8d4b7/6988bb532dce01bae09ec5d2/lynsey-addario-leer-south-sudan-malnourished-child.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Mar 3, 2017  
## [By the Time Famine is Declared, it’s Already Too Late—and Another Generation is Wounded](https://time.com/4690591/famine-south-sudan/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Aryn Baker
* ![A severely malnourished child from Leer receives treatment at the inpatient ward run by International Medical Corps at the Protection of Civilians site in Juba, March 22, 2016.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbd145c1002a8d4b7/6988bb532dce01bae09ec5d2/lynsey-addario-leer-south-sudan-malnourished-child.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Feb 22, 2017  
## [By the Time We Declare a Famine, It's Already Too Late](https://time.com/4678852/famine-south-sudan-yemen-nigeria-somalia/)  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)  
by Aryn Baker
* ![TOPSHOT-SSUDAN-UNREST](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt47c8ff8990e5cee9/6988b05f656a3f199ebce069/gettyimages-615032486.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Dec 2, 2016  
## [South Sudan 'on Brink' of Genocide, Says UN Report](https://time.com/4588492/south-sudan-genocide-ethnic-cleansing-un/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Dominique Rowe
* ![ugo-borga-south-soudan-portraits-2016-black-and-white-01](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt486e758de94c14b2/69888d90428a9e3d78cd20eb/ugo-borga-south-soudan-portraits-2016-black-and-white-01.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Oct 7, 2016  
## [Portraits of South Sudanese Refugees](https://time.com/4280625/portraits-of-south-sudanese-refugees/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Bianca Silva  
* ![South Sudan's President Salva Kiir during a tour of South Sudan's state house, Sept. 4, 2016.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3f4c426fc37c963a/6988a59cfb4eac2dfd88f0f2/salva-kiir-mayardit.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Sep 12, 2016  
## [Meet the Rich Kids of South Sudan's Instagram](https://time.com/4487814/south-sudan-instagram/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Daniel White
* ![First Vice President of South Sudan and former rebel leader, Riek Machar \(L\), and President Salva Kiir \(R\), sit for an official photo with the 30 members of the new cabinet of the Transitional Government at the Cabinet Affairs Ministry, in Juba on April ](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfb3d7fe5e94111e0/6988a584524fc05b7adf970b/southsudan.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Sep 12, 2016  
## [South Sudan's Civil War Enriches Leaders, Study Finds](https://time.com/4487227/south-sudan-fortunes-civil-war-george-clooney/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Tara John
* ![In this photo taken late Friday, July 8, 2016, and released by the United Nations Mission in South Sudan \(UNMISS\), women from neighboring villages rest against a U.N. vehicle as they take cover from the fighting between buildings on the perimeter of a U.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt96dfd6f65ab2dd4e/69889bf5196cf4339f03c662/south-sudan-civilians-united-nations.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jul 14, 2016  
## [Suffering and Squandering Hope in a War-Weary Country](https://time.com/4405793/south-sudan-civil-war/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Bryan Walsh
* ![A South Sudanese boy who was the sole survivor of October 2015 incident, in which government forces closed some 50 men in a shipping container for 36 hours until they suffocated, in a safe house in Leer, in Unity State, South Sudan, March 19, 2016.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt80293aca88450a8b/6988933d8e060167ea465e01/lynsey-addario-south-sudan-boy-lede.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jul 5, 2016  
## [The 13-Year-Old Survived a Horrific War Crime. But He May Never Be Safe Enough to Testify](https://time.com/4392978/south-sudan-war-crimes-witness/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Aryn Baker
* ![South Sudanese children play on March 20, 2016, in the containers on the church compound where, in October 2015, more than 50 men were locked inside a container and died. One 13-year-old boy survived.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8103779d6fba4e79/69889545428a9ed86fcd2d25/lynsey-addario-south-sudan-container.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
May 26, 2016  
## [Shipping Containers Used as Prisons in South Sudan](https://time.com/4349278/south-sudan-shipping-containers-prison/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Aryn Baker

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