http://www.euronews.com en Latest news from Euronews Euronews 2026 Wed, 31 Dec 2025 09:01:14 +0100 Wed, 31 Dec 2025 09:01:14 +0100 30 https://static.euronews.com/website/images/euronews_flatblue.png http://www.euronews.com http://www.euronews.com/2025/12/31/deadliest-climate-disasters-of-2025-revealed-as-experts-warn-women-and-the-poorest-hit-the http://www.euronews.com/2025/12/31/deadliest-climate-disasters-of-2025-revealed-as-experts-warn-women-and-the-poorest-hit-the Wed, 31 Dec 2025 09:00:18 +0100 Women carry an “unequal burden” of the world’s deadliest extreme weather events, a new report warns. http://www.euronews.com/2025/10/29/sudanese-paramilitary-group-accused-of-killing-hundreds-in-north-darfur-hospital http://www.euronews.com/2025/10/29/sudanese-paramilitary-group-accused-of-killing-hundreds-in-north-darfur-hospital Wed, 29 Oct 2025 18:48:35 +0100 One witness said the city of el-Fasher was "like a killing field" after the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) seized it over the weekend. http://www.euronews.com/2025/08/12/israel-in-talks-with-south-sudan-to-resettle-palestinians-from-gaza-sources-say http://www.euronews.com/2025/08/12/israel-in-talks-with-south-sudan-to-resettle-palestinians-from-gaza-sources-say Tue, 12 Aug 2025 22:30:15 +0200 Egypt is deeply opposed to plans to transfer Palestinians out of Gaza, with which it shares a border, fearing an influx of refugees into its own territory. http://www.euronews.com/2025/04/07/us-revokes-all-visas-for-south-sudanese-over-deportation-dispute http://www.euronews.com/2025/04/07/us-revokes-all-visas-for-south-sudanese-over-deportation-dispute Mon, 07 Apr 2025 13:37:55 +0200 The Trump administration's move comes amid fears of a renewed civil war in South Sudan, where political tensions have escalated after recent violence. http://www.euronews.com/2025/03/25/south-sudans-dire-situation-risks-return-to-civil-war-warns-top-un-envoy http://www.euronews.com/2025/03/25/south-sudans-dire-situation-risks-return-to-civil-war-warns-top-un-envoy Tue, 25 Mar 2025 12:26:39 +0100 The head of the peacekeeping mission in the country said President Salva Kiir and Vice President Riek Machar must put the interests of the South Sudanese people first. http://www.euronews.com/2024/03/07/world-food-programme-sudans-war-risks-creating-worlds-largest-hunger-crisis http://www.euronews.com/2024/03/07/world-food-programme-sudans-war-risks-creating-worlds-largest-hunger-crisis Thu, 07 Mar 2024 15:11:44 +0100 Fighting between the country's military and paramilitary groups has the potential to trigger a devastating famine. http://www.euronews.com/2023/09/29/new-allies-for-russia-putin-meets-south-sudans-leader-to-discuss-closer-ties http://www.euronews.com/2023/09/29/new-allies-for-russia-putin-meets-south-sudans-leader-to-discuss-closer-ties Fri, 29 Sep 2023 16:42:48 +0200 Cowboy hat wearing Salva Kiir met his Russian counterpart at the Kremlin where they strengthened their relationship as Russia searches for new allies http://www.euronews.com/2023/05/17/what-is-at-stake-for-europe-as-war-in-sudan-rages-on-and-a-regional-crisis-looms http://www.euronews.com/2023/05/17/what-is-at-stake-for-europe-as-war-in-sudan-rages-on-and-a-regional-crisis-looms Wed, 17 May 2023 20:50:27 +0200 Humanitarian concerns should trump geopolitics in our view of the current Sudanese civil war, Joseph Hammond writes. http://www.euronews.com/2023/02/05/pope-makes-final-bid-for-peace-and-forgiveness-in-south-sudan http://www.euronews.com/2023/02/05/pope-makes-final-bid-for-peace-and-forgiveness-in-south-sudan Sun, 05 Feb 2023 16:25:23 +0100 Some 100,000 people attended mass at the John Garang Mausoleum in Juba, South Sudan on the final day of the pontiff's visit to the war-ravaged country. http://www.euronews.com/video/2023/02/05/francis-begs-south-sudanese-people-to-lay-down-weapons-and-forgive-one-another-on-last-day http://www.euronews.com/video/2023/02/05/francis-begs-south-sudanese-people-to-lay-down-weapons-and-forgive-one-another-on-last-day Sun, 05 Feb 2023 15:34:02 +0100 Pope Francis made a final appeal for peace in South Sudan on Sunday as he celebrated Mass before tens of thousands of people to close out an unusual mission by Christian religious leaders to nudge forward the country’s recovery from civil war. http://www.euronews.com/2023/02/04/pope-says-south-sudans-future-depends-on-treatment-of-women http://www.euronews.com/2023/02/04/pope-says-south-sudans-future-depends-on-treatment-of-women Sat, 04 Feb 2023 19:44:53 +0100 Pope Francis is making the first papal visit to South Sudan since it gained independence from Sudan in 2011. http://www.euronews.com/video/2023/02/04/watch-pope-visits-church-in-south-sudan-packed-with-people-holding-up-signs-for-peace http://www.euronews.com/video/2023/02/04/watch-pope-visits-church-in-south-sudan-packed-with-people-holding-up-signs-for-peace Sat, 04 Feb 2023 18:02:54 +0100 Pope Francis arrived at St. Teresa’s Cathedral in Juba, South Sudan on Saturday to find the crowd packed with enthusiastic women holding up signs for peace. http://www.euronews.com/2023/02/03/pope-francis-vists-south-sudan-with-a-message-of-peace-and-reconciliation http://www.euronews.com/2023/02/03/pope-francis-vists-south-sudan-with-a-message-of-peace-and-reconciliation Fri, 03 Feb 2023 19:19:26 +0100 Pope Francis joined the Archbishop of Canterbury, and the moderator of the Church of Scotland in South Sudan on Friday in a joint campaign to promote peace http://www.euronews.com/culture/2023/02/03/why-the-pope-and-archbishop-of-canterburys-pro-lgbtq-comments-ring-hollow-in-south-sudan http://www.euronews.com/culture/2023/02/03/why-the-pope-and-archbishop-of-canterburys-pro-lgbtq-comments-ring-hollow-in-south-sudan Fri, 03 Feb 2023 08:09:37 +0100 As Church of England and Catholic Church leaders arrive in South Sudan, there are questions about their positions regarding LGBTQ+ equality within their respective religions. http://www.euronews.com/2023/01/31/pope-begins-trip-to-the-democratic-republic-of-the-congo http://www.euronews.com/2023/01/31/pope-begins-trip-to-the-democratic-republic-of-the-congo Tue, 31 Jan 2023 17:37:40 +0100 The Pontiff's visit to the Congo and South Sudan aims to bring a message of peace to the two countries riven by poverty. http://www.euronews.com/2022/07/02/pope-francis-urges-congo-south-sudan-to-turn-a-page-for-peace http://www.euronews.com/2022/07/02/pope-francis-urges-congo-south-sudan-to-turn-a-page-for-peace Sat, 02 Jul 2022 15:21:51 +0200 Francis had planned to begin a weeklong pilgrimage to the two African countries but he cancelled the trip last month because of knee pain that makes walking and standing difficult. http://www.euronews.com/video/2021/08/03/south-sudan-swears-in-new-parliament-vowed-under-peace-deal http://www.euronews.com/video/2021/08/03/south-sudan-swears-in-new-parliament-vowed-under-peace-deal Tue, 03 Aug 2021 12:32:24 +0200 Hundreds of legislators were sworn into a newly created national parliament, a long-awaited condition of a fragile peace agreement. http://www.euronews.com/2020/02/23/rebel-leader-in-south-sudan-sworn-in-as-vice-president-of-government-meant-to-end-war http://www.euronews.com/2020/02/23/rebel-leader-in-south-sudan-sworn-in-as-vice-president-of-government-meant-to-end-war Sun, 23 Feb 2020 17:55:26 +0100 Rebel leader Riek Machar became vice president in South Sudan as the country reeling from civil war tries to form a coalition for the third time. http://www.euronews.com/2018/11/21/bride-16-sold-in-facebook-auction-reminiscent-of-slave-markets http://www.euronews.com/2018/11/21/bride-16-sold-in-facebook-auction-reminiscent-of-slave-markets Wed, 21 Nov 2018 09:10:46 +0100 Bride, 16, sold in Facebook auction 'reminiscent of slave markets' http://www.euronews.com/2018/06/28/south-sudan-peace-deal-signed http://www.euronews.com/2018/06/28/south-sudan-peace-deal-signed Thu, 28 Jun 2018 11:12:00 +0200 South Sudan's warring factions have signed a peace deal its hoped can end conflict that has cost thousands of lives and displaced millions of people http://www.euronews.com/2018/05/09/south-sudan-fresh-fighting-flares-five-years-into-civil-war http://www.euronews.com/2018/05/09/south-sudan-fresh-fighting-flares-five-years-into-civil-war Wed, 09 May 2018 18:03:00 +0200 The upsurge in violence in the world's youngest state comes ahead of planned peace talks and amid desperate humanitarian conditions http://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2018/01/24/brussels-residents-open-their-homes-to-migrants http://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2018/01/24/brussels-residents-open-their-homes-to-migrants Wed, 24 Jan 2018 16:14:00 +0100 Growing numbers of migrants have flocked to Brussels in recent months. Belgian immigration services are overwhelmed so locals are stepping in to help. http://www.euronews.com/2017/07/04/un-warns-of-impending-cholera-crisis-in-south-sudan http://www.euronews.com/2017/07/04/un-warns-of-impending-cholera-crisis-in-south-sudan Tue, 04 Jul 2017 10:46:51 +0200 South Sudan faces a cholera crisis without more aid says UN http://www.euronews.com/2017/05/08/the-twin-evils-of-famine-and-war-kill-children-in-south-sudan http://www.euronews.com/2017/05/08/the-twin-evils-of-famine-and-war-kill-children-in-south-sudan Mon, 08 May 2017 22:35:59 +0200 Millions of South Sudanese children suffering famine and war http://www.euronews.com/2017/04/19/un-refugees-released-by-south-sudanese-refugee-captors http://www.euronews.com/2017/04/19/un-refugees-released-by-south-sudanese-refugee-captors Wed, 19 Apr 2017 01:22:59 +0200 More than a dozen United Nations mission staff have been released by South Sudanese refugees in the Democratic Republic of Congo. http://www.euronews.com/2017/04/11/thousands-in-south-sudan-flee-upsurge-in-ethnic-killings http://www.euronews.com/2017/04/11/thousands-in-south-sudan-flee-upsurge-in-ethnic-killings Tue, 11 Apr 2017 03:20:10 +0200 UN says makeshift refugee camps on the border with Uganda are full to over flowing following a further spread in ethnic killings http://www.euronews.com/2017/03/17/depth-of-the-worst-drought-since-1945-peaking-in-parts-of-africa http://www.euronews.com/2017/03/17/depth-of-the-worst-drought-since-1945-peaking-in-parts-of-africa Fri, 17 Mar 2017 18:00:15 +0100 The Horn of Africa is facing its third consecutive year of drought causing thirst and hunger, decimating livestock, destroying livelihoods, spreading disease and triggering large scale population move http://www.euronews.com/2017/02/27/thousands-in-famine-struck-south-sudan-forced-to-eat-wild-plants http://www.euronews.com/2017/02/27/thousands-in-famine-struck-south-sudan-forced-to-eat-wild-plants Mon, 27 Feb 2017 17:33:28 +0100 Thousands of families caught up in South Sudan’s famine are hiding from marauding gunmen in the swamps and islands of the River Nile. http://www.euronews.com/2017/02/27/pope-to-visit-south-sudan http://www.euronews.com/2017/02/27/pope-to-visit-south-sudan Mon, 27 Feb 2017 03:09:47 +0100 Pope Francis has made a surprise announcement saying he wants to make a trip to famine-struck, war-torn South Sudan, but not on his own. http://www.euronews.com/2017/02/20/south-sudan-s-human-rights-situation-is-amongst-the-worst-on-the-planet http://www.euronews.com/2017/02/20/south-sudan-s-human-rights-situation-is-amongst-the-worst-on-the-planet Mon, 20 Feb 2017 20:19:23 +0100 Famine has been declared in some areas of South Sudan - the first time such a declaration has been made since 2011. The country has been dogged by civil war, drought and hyperinflation. The situation http://www.euronews.com/2016/12/02/ethnic-cleansing-reported-in-south-sudan http://www.euronews.com/2016/12/02/ethnic-cleansing-reported-in-south-sudan Fri, 02 Dec 2016 00:19:25 +0100 President Salva Kiir denies using starvation and rape as weapons of war as the UN describes the conflict as "fertile ground" for genocide. http://www.euronews.com/2016/11/17/aid-zone-south-sudanese-refugees-set-up-home-in-uganda http://www.euronews.com/2016/11/17/aid-zone-south-sudanese-refugees-set-up-home-in-uganda Thu, 17 Nov 2016 17:30:14 +0100 Uganda allows refugees to move in and out of settlements, provides land, and allows them to work. http://www.euronews.com/2016/11/02/un-sacks-south-sudan-peacekeeper-commander http://www.euronews.com/2016/11/02/un-sacks-south-sudan-peacekeeper-commander Wed, 02 Nov 2016 00:35:04 +0100 The commander of the UN force in South Sudan, Lt Gen Johnson Mogoa Kimani Ondieki, has been sacked following a damning report UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Tuesday that he was “deeply distr http://www.euronews.com/2016/09/05/south-sudan-accepts-new-un-backed-peacekeeping-force http://www.euronews.com/2016/09/05/south-sudan-accepts-new-un-backed-peacekeeping-force Mon, 05 Sep 2016 03:33:16 +0200 Under increasing international pressure, South Sudan has agreed to accept 4,000 extra peacekeepers. http://www.euronews.com/2016/08/19/south-sudan-opposition-leader-riek-machar-in-exile-in-drc http://www.euronews.com/2016/08/19/south-sudan-opposition-leader-riek-machar-in-exile-in-drc Fri, 19 Aug 2016 01:24:39 +0200 The United Nations says it intervened on humanitarian grounds to help South Sudan’s former vice president and opposition leader in the neighbouring Democratic Republic of… http://www.euronews.com/2016/08/17/south-sudan-one-year-since-peace-deal http://www.euronews.com/2016/08/17/south-sudan-one-year-since-peace-deal Wed, 17 Aug 2016 17:56:04 +0200 One year to the day since the signing of the peace agreement in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and there is renewed tension between the two warring factions in South… http://www.euronews.com/2016/08/13/kenya-and-un-work-to-change-a-refugee-camp-into-a-settlement http://www.euronews.com/2016/08/13/kenya-and-un-work-to-change-a-refugee-camp-into-a-settlement Sat, 13 Aug 2016 19:03:53 +0200 Refugees in Kenya who have fled the fighting in South Sudan are being given a chance to become self sufficient under a new initiative from the government and the UNHCR. http://www.euronews.com/2016/08/06/south-sudan-agrees-to-deployment-of-international-protection-force http://www.euronews.com/2016/08/06/south-sudan-agrees-to-deployment-of-international-protection-force Sat, 06 Aug 2016 02:50:35 +0200 South Sudan’s embattled government has agreed to allow an international protection force to be deployed in the country, after a United Nations mission failed to prevent… http://www.euronews.com/2016/07/13/foreign-evacuees-describe-violence-in-south-sudan-capital-juba http://www.euronews.com/2016/07/13/foreign-evacuees-describe-violence-in-south-sudan-capital-juba Wed, 13 Jul 2016 20:26:00 +0200 Evacuees from South Sudan have been arriving in the Kenyan capital Nairobi following days of violence and tension in Juba. http://www.euronews.com/2016/07/12/tense-calm-in-south-sudan-36000-displaced-following-heavy-fighting-un http://www.euronews.com/2016/07/12/tense-calm-in-south-sudan-36000-displaced-following-heavy-fighting-un Tue, 12 Jul 2016 18:45:18 +0200 Days of heavy fighting in South Sudan’s capital, Juba, have been followed by relative calm after the warring president and vice president ordered their forces to cease… http://www.euronews.com/2016/07/11/south-sudan-s-leaders-announce-ceasefire-as-un-calls-for-arms-embargo-on-the http://www.euronews.com/2016/07/11/south-sudan-s-leaders-announce-ceasefire-as-un-calls-for-arms-embargo-on-the Mon, 11 Jul 2016 21:45:28 +0200 Salva Kiir has ordered his SPLA army to observe a ceasefire in South Sudan. http://www.euronews.com/2016/07/11/fresh-fighting-erupts-in-south-sudan-after-un-warns-attacks-may-constitute-war http://www.euronews.com/2016/07/11/fresh-fighting-erupts-in-south-sudan-after-un-warns-attacks-may-constitute-war Mon, 11 Jul 2016 15:22:10 +0200 Fresh clashes have erupted in Juba between forces loyal to the president and those supporting the vice president, renewing fears South Sudan will slip back into full-blown civil… http://www.euronews.com/2016/07/11/un-calls-for-calm-following-deadly-clashes-in-south-sudan-capital http://www.euronews.com/2016/07/11/un-calls-for-calm-following-deadly-clashes-in-south-sudan-capital Mon, 11 Jul 2016 05:53:03 +0200 Fears are growing of a return to civil war in South Sudan after renewed fighting between forces loyal to the country’s president and vice president. http://www.euronews.com/2016/07/10/gunbattles-resume-in-south-sudan-s-capital http://www.euronews.com/2016/07/10/gunbattles-resume-in-south-sudan-s-capital Sun, 10 Jul 2016 13:26:16 +0200 Gunbattles in South Sudan’s capital Juba erupted for a fourth day between troops loyal to President Salva Kiir and soldiers who support the vice president Riek Machar around a military… http://www.euronews.com/2016/07/09/gunbattles-erupt-in-south-sudan-s-capital http://www.euronews.com/2016/07/09/gunbattles-erupt-in-south-sudan-s-capital Sat, 09 Jul 2016 14:32:52 +0200 Gunbattles erupted in South Sudan on its fifth independence anniversary and as peace talks were underway in the capital Juba. http://www.euronews.com/2016/04/27/south-sudan-rebel-leader-riek-macha-sworn-in-as-vice-president http://www.euronews.com/2016/04/27/south-sudan-rebel-leader-riek-macha-sworn-in-as-vice-president Wed, 27 Apr 2016 00:13:01 +0200 South Sudanese rebel leader Riek Machar is back in the capital Juba and has retaken his position as the country’s first vice president. He has taken http://www.euronews.com/2016/01/28/sudan-to-reopen-borders-with-south-sudan-for-1st-time-since-2011 http://www.euronews.com/2016/01/28/sudan-to-reopen-borders-with-south-sudan-for-1st-time-since-2011 Thu, 28 Jan 2016 10:39:24 +0100 Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir has ordered the opening of his country’s borders with South Sudan for the first time since the south seceded in http://www.euronews.com/2015/12/15/call-south-sudan-s-leaders-to-account-on-child-soldiers-says-report http://www.euronews.com/2015/12/15/call-south-sudan-s-leaders-to-account-on-child-soldiers-says-report Tue, 15 Dec 2015 15:34:06 +0100 The army base at Pibor in Southern Sudan is new, within a stone’s throw of the school whose classrooms its soldiers occupied for several years until http://www.euronews.com/2015/11/04/dozens-perish-three-survive-south-sudan-plane-crash http://www.euronews.com/2015/11/04/dozens-perish-three-survive-south-sudan-plane-crash Wed, 04 Nov 2015 16:26:36 +0100 Eyewitnesses say dozens of people have died after a cargo plane crashed on take-off at the main airport in Juba, the capital of South Sudan http://www.euronews.com/2015/11/04/south-sudan-plane-crash-at-least-41-people-killed http://www.euronews.com/2015/11/04/south-sudan-plane-crash-at-least-41-people-killed Wed, 04 Nov 2015 11:09:10 +0100 A cargo plane with passengers on board has crashed on take-off at the main airport in Juba, the capital of South Sudan. There are reports from the