S.Sudan president steers nation to independence
Salva Kiir spent the past five years laying the groundwork for most southerners' long dream of independence
Sudan president faces pressures after south split
Omar Hassan al-Bashir faces an arrest warrant from the International Criminal Court (ICC) on charges he masterminded war crimes in Darfur
South Sudan takes final steps toward statehood
South Sudanese are racing to create the trappings of state for when the Republic of South Sudan becomes the world's newest nation on July 9
Some 1,400 killed in South Sudan violence-U.N.
Civilians targeted by ill-disciplined former rebels integrated into security forces
Sudan to let rebels join army; south downplays oil threat
Thousands of fighters who sided with the south during the civil war are still in the north