- Source: 2020 in South Sudan
This article lists events from the year 2020 in South Sudan
Incumbents
President: Salva Kiir Mayardit
Vice President: Riek Machar
Events
Ongoing – South Sudanese Civil War, Sudanese nomadic conflicts, ethnic violence in South Sudan
8 January – The United States announces sanctions against First Vice President Taban Deng Gai of South Sudan for human rights violations.
10 February – There still is no agreement in South Sudan over the number and boundaries of its states. A week later talks are still stalled.
13 February – The government of South Sudan is accused of ignoring four reports linking oil pollution and birth defects in Upper Nile and Unity states.
19 February – Locust swarms spread from Uganda to South Sudan.
20 February – The government and rebels reach a peace agreement in South Sudan.
5 April - The first case of COVID-19 in the country was confirmed in a 29-year-old patient, a United Nations worker, who arrived on 28 February from the Netherlands.
14 May 14 – The first death from COVID-19 occurs in the country.
16 May – Sudan People's Liberation Army Day, South Sudan
18 May – First Vice President Riek Machar announced he and his wife, Angelina Teny, had tested positive for the virus.
19 May – Information Minister Michael Makuei Lueth and all members of the nation's 15-member coronavirus task force tested positive for COVID-19.
4 August – Olympic track and field athlete Yiech Pur Biel was named a United Nations Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).
9 August - Violence erupted when South Sudan People's Defence Forces members attempted to disarm civilians at a market in Tonj East, leading to at least seventy people being killed.
10 August - Armed civilians attacked a South Sudan People's Defence Forces base in the town of Romich, where they also looted a market.
September – Two soldiers are convicted of rape and 24 on other charges for crimes committed in Yei, Central Equatoria in May of this year.
11 December – International food security experts from the Famine Review Committeesaid in December 2020 that Pibor County was likely in a famine. Flooding and violence have prevented access to aid.
31 December – One million people have been displaced by floods since June. Food shortages, malaria, and diarrheal diseases spread.
Deaths
January 4 – Oliver Batali Albino, 84, South Sudanese politician
June 2 – John Luk Jok, 68, South Sudanese politician, Minister of Justice (2011–2013).
See also
References
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- Sudan Selatan
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- Daftar nomor telepon darurat
- Gerakan Pembebasan Rakyat Sudan Perjuangan
- Sejarah Sudan Selatan
- Miss International 2024
- Sudan Selatan pada Olimpiade
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- Riek Machar
- South Sudan
- 2020 in South Sudan
- States of South Sudan
- South Sudan People's Defence Forces
- South Sudan national football team
- Economy of South Sudan
- South Sudanese Civil War
- Ethnic violence in South Sudan
- List of heads of state of South Sudan
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