{"id":94061,"date":"2026-03-21T12:51:50","date_gmt":"2026-03-21T07:21:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=94061"},"modified":"2026-03-21T14:48:03","modified_gmt":"2026-03-21T09:18:03","slug":"south-sudan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/south-sudan\/","title":{"rendered":"South Sudan"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>South Sudan Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, Akobo has become the latest flashpoint as fighting between the government and opposition has brought South Sudan back to the brink of all-out civil war.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About South Sudan<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Location:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is a landlocked<\/span><b> country<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> located in <\/span><b>East-Central Africa.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Bordering countries:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is bordered by <\/span><b>6 countries<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> namely; are Sudan to the north, <\/span><b>Ethiopia<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to the east,<\/span><b> Kenya<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to the southeast, <\/span><b>Uganda <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to the south,\u00a0 <\/span><b>Democratic Republic of the Congo <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to the southwest, and <\/span><b>Central African Republic<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to the west.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Capital City:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Juba<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Geographical Features of South Sudan<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Terrain:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0 It mainly consists of <\/span><b>grasslands,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> wooded and grassy savannahs, floodplains<\/span><b>, and wetlands.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One of the most interesting landforms is <\/span><b>the Al Sudd region<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> which is a large <\/span><b>swampy land<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> located in the central region of South Sudan.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Climate: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tropical, hot and humid.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Rivers:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/nile-river\/\" target=\"_blank\"><b>Nile River<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (longest river in the world ) is the most important geographic feature of South Sudan.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Highest Peak:<\/b> <b>Mount Kinyeti<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 3,187 m tall<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Natural Resources:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It consists of oil reserves gold, diamonds, hardwoods, limestone, iron ore, copper, chromium ore, <\/span><b>zinc, tungsten, mica, and silver.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/international\/around-100000-flee-south-sudan-offensive-into-ethiopia-unicef\/article70755581.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TH<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>South Sudan is a landlocked country located in East-Central Africa. 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