Today, the flag is being raised at U.N. Headquarters in New York for the new Republic of South Sudan. Five days after President Obama granted U.S. recognition of South Sudan, the U.N. General ...

January 17, 2011 — It shall be H.E. Salva Kiir Mayardit to lower the Sudan flag and raise high our flag of the Republic of South Sudan on 9thJuly, 2011 at the Presidential Republican Palace in ...

Instead, he chose to compete under the Olympic flag at this year’s games. South Sudan became the world’s newest nation a year ago. Sports Minister Cirino Hiteng Ofuho says South Sudan was very ...

JUBA, South Sudan — South Sudan celebrated its first day as an independent nation Saturday, raising its flag before tens of thousands of cheering citizens elated to reach the end of a 50-year ...