South Sudan is on the map, and now it’s in Google Earth too July 18, 2011 A few weeks ago, South Sudan became the 195th country on the planet, but that wasn’t reflected in Google Earth until now.

While the United States, Russia, and the European Union have recognized the Republic of South Sudan, Google and Microsoft's mapping programs, to date, have not.

Expect the world to change overnight. Africa’s battle-scarred South Sudan on Saturday is poised to become the newest country on Earth despite renewed attacks launched by Sudan last week as ...

The search engine promptly made the necessary changes placing newly independent South Sudan on its web maps. “I don’t want to make a big deal of this,” says Tanza.

Google has updated its maps to include the newly independent nation of South Sudan. The move follows a campaign by a South Sudanese journalist, who posted an online petition calling for the new ...

As maps are always evolving, we regularly review additional information and update when data becomes available. Following the formal independence of South Sudan, we are in the process of updating our ...

Querying Google Maps on South Sudan yields the response: “Did you mean: ... “If South Sudan was in Europe or North America, it would have appeared on the world map by now,” he argues.

South Sudan seemed to have the odds on its side — and U.S. support. In 2019, those hopes have largely been dashed by years of a civil war that has killed an estimated 383,000 and ongoing ...

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — Another conflict is looming in the world's youngest country, South Sudan, which gained independence from Sudan in 2011 and saw civil war erupt shortly after its ...

Tens of thousands have crossed into neighbouring countries, including Chad, Egypt, Ethiopia and South Sudan (see map 1). The UN expects as many as 800,000 refugees in the coming weeks and months.