Expect the world to change overnight. Africa’s battle-scarred South Sudan on Saturday is poised to become the newest country on Earth despite renewed attacks launched by Sudan last week as ...

A few weeks ago, South Sudan became the 195th country on the planet, but that wasn’t reflected in Google Earth until now. Stefan at Ogle Earth made some interesting comments about it when the ...

South Sudan, red, in central Africa. Map courtesy of Creative Commons . Kit Doyle. October 17, 2018 ...

Querying Google Maps on South Sudan yields the response: “Did you mean: Sudan?” Yahoo Maps zooms in on Sudan Road on the outskirts of Augusta, Georgia.

South Sudan's crisis is only three weeks old but it has already displaced 189,000 people, according to the United Nations refugees agency. The crisis began on Dec. 15 as fighting between ethnic ...

The World Bank Group has played an important role in Sudan’s development since 2005, and is deepening its engagement in South Sudan as it prepares for independence. With last week’s “mapathon” and ...

ADDIS ABABA - South Sudan has proposed setting up a large demilitarized zone along its border with rival Sudan - a suggestion that Sudan quickly rejected. The proposal came Wednesday at African ...

As maps are always evolving, we regularly review additional information and update when data becomes available. Following the formal independence of South Sudan, we are in the process of updating our ...

To help south Sudan prepare for independence, Internet giant Google is training volunteers to help improve maps of the new country. While the initiative aims to facilitate development in the south ...

CHRISTINA Julia arrived in a barge packed with 1,000 people from North Sudan two weeks ago. Now, after travelling 740 miles along the River Nile and arriving sick and exhausted at the port of Juba ...

To read more of The Economist’s data journalism visit our Graphic Detail page.. T HE WAR in Sudan, which began on April 15th, has already forced almost 400,000 people from their homes. Tens of ...