South Sudan
2026
- GOVERNMENT
- presidential republic
- CONSTITUTION
- July 9, 2011
- LEGISLATIVE SYSTEM
- bicameral, consisting of the National Legislative Assembly and the Council of States
- JUDICIAL SYSTEM
- Supreme Court, Courts of Appeal, High Courts, local courts
RELIGIONS
animists, Christians
From the country
- FEBRUARY 2, 2025South SudanDEATH PENALTY
SOUTH SUDAN: SUDANESE TRADER HANGED FOR DEFILEMENT AND MURDER
A Sudanese trader who was convicted of defiling, murdering, and dumping the body of five-year-old Abuk Lual into a pit latrine in Aweil in 2022 was executed by hanging in South Sudan on January 29, 2025 at Wau Central Prison.
JANUARY 23, 2023South SudanDEATH PENALTYSOUTH SUDAN: CABINET UPHOLDS DEATH PENALTY
The Government of South Sudan has said it will not abolish the death penalty and insists it is a deterrent to prevent serious crimes, Africa-Press reported on 22 January 2023.
- SEPTEMBER 1, 2022South SudanDEATH PENALTY
SOUTH SUDAN EXECUTES REBELS DEPORTED FROM SUDAN
South Sudan on 8 August 2022 executed rebel officers who were forcefully deported by authorities in Sudan, according to a video and pictures Sudan Tribune obtained after the execution.
JANUARY 10, 2022South SudanDEATH PENALTYSOUTH SUDAN: MAN HANGED FOR SLAUGHTERING THREE CHILDREN
Babu Emmanuel Lokiri, the young man accused of killing the three siblings at Rock City in Juba on 1st August 2020, was hanged on 7 January 2022 afternoon in Juba.
- SEPTEMBER 16, 2021South SudanDEATH PENALTY
SOUTH SUDAN: 42 KILLED IN EXTRAJUDICIAL KILLINGS
The United Nations on 26 July 2021 demanded an end to extrajudicial killings in South Sudan after the execution of at least 42 people, including boys, in lawless parts of the country.
OCTOBER 27, 2020South SudanDEATH PENALTYSOUTH SUDAN: BABU EMMANUEL SENTENCED TO DEATH BY HANGING
The High Court in Juba, South Sudan, on 26 October 2020 sentenced Babu Emmanuel Lokiri, the accused in the murder of three juvenile sisters, to death by hanging after finding him guilty of murder.
- OCTOBER 15, 2020South SudanDEATH PENALTY
SOUTH SUDAN: TWO CATTLE RAIDERS SENTENCED TO DEATH BY HANGING
A judge in South Sudan's Jonglei state on 13 October 2020 sentenced two men to death for stealing two cows and killing the man who owned the animals.
SEPTEMBER 21, 2020South SudanDEATH PENALTYSOUTH SUDAN: MILITARY COURT SENTENCES TWO TO DEATH FOR KILLING LECTURER
The military court martial in Juba on 18 September 2020 sentenced to death a police officer and a soldier accused of killing a lecturer early this year.
JULY 30, 2020South SudanDEATH PENALTYSOUTH SUDAN: MINOR REMOVED FROM DEATH ROW
Magai Matiop Ngong on 29 July 2020 was removed from death row following the South Sudan Court of Appeal’s decision on 14 July to quash the death sentence imposed on him because he was a child at the time of the crime.
- JANUARY 1, 2020South SudanDEATH PENALTY
The Republic of South Sudan gained independence from Sudan on 9 July 2011
The Republic of South Sudan gained independence from Sudan on 9 July 2011
MARCH 12, 2019South SudanDEATH PENALTYSOUTH SUDAN: MILITARY COURT SENTENCES THREE SOLDIERS TO DEATH FOR KILLING CIVILIANS
A South Sudan military court on 8 March 2019 sentenced three soldiers to death by firing squad, and a fourth to 10 years' imprisonment, for killing two civilians in their homes in robbery-motivated attacks last year.
MARCH 3, 2019South SudanDEATH PENALTYSOUTH SUDAN: SEVEN MEN INCLUDING MEMBERS OF ONE FAMILY HANGED
South Sudan authorities executed at least seven people in February 2019 alone, three of whom were from the same family.