The Anglican Bishop of Yirol in South Sudan was among at least 19 people who died on Sunday when a light aircraft carrying passengers from capital Juba to the city of Yirol crashed
Game of Thrones star Liam Cunningham has travelled to South Sudan with international children's charity World Vision to photograph some of the people it works with in one of the poorest countries in the world.
The Archbishop of Canterbury is backing a call by Pope Francis for a day of prayer and fasting tomorrow for the people of South Sudan and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
The UK's decision to ban two Christian South Sudanese ministers from the country has been dubbed 'ludicrous' by a Scottish MP. Backed by the Church of Scotland, North East Fife MP Stephen Gethins urged Home Secretary Amber Rudd to overturn the ruling.