LEAD. Leaders' Visits & Agreements Database
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South Sudan

218 recorded engagements by South Sudan's heads of state, heads of government and foreign ministers, 2011–2025.

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218Engagements
212Visits
3Phone calls
3Video conferences
23Signed agreements
34Destination countries
25Officials recorded
85Multilateral summits

LEAD records 23 signed agreements for South Sudan; registered users can browse them in the Agreements register.

At a glance

Between 2011 and 2025, South Sudan's leaders recorded 218 engagements: 212 in-person visits, 3 phone calls and 3 video conferences. Activity peaked in 2014, with 26 engagements that year. The most frequent destination was Ethiopia (35 engagements), followed by Uganda and Kenya. Diplomacy and Foreign Relations was the most common topic, present in 98% of engagements. 23 engagements produced a signed agreement, and 85 took place at multilateral summits. The most active official on record is Salva Kiir Mayardit (President), with 168 engagements between 2011 and 2025.

Activity by year

Every engagement recorded for South Sudan, 2011–2025. Hover a bar for the exact count.

2011: 6 engagements2012: 11 engagements2013: 17 engagements2014: 26 engagements2015: 18 engagements2016: 9 engagements2017: 11 engagements2018: 15 engagements2019: 21 engagements2020: 7 engagements2021: 10 engagements2022: 13 engagements2023: 22 engagements2024: 20 engagements2025: 12 engagements2011201520202025

Most-visited countries

  • Ethiopia35
  • Uganda25
  • Kenya25
  • United States of America20
  • South Africa18
  • Sudan13
  • Egypt11
  • Rwanda9
  • United Arab Emirates9
  • Tanzania7
  • China5
  • Djibouti5

Discussion topics

  • Diplomacy and Foreign Relations213
  • Regional Organizations and Multilateral Affairs90
  • Trade and Economic Relations66
  • International Conflicts and Crises47
  • Security and Defense18
  • Energy15
  • Peace Negotiations and Mediation3
  • Science, Technology and Innovation1

Cite this profile

Ozturk, Y., Atabas, H., Guler, E., Duyar, B., & Yucel, R. (2026). Leaders' Visits & Agreements Database [Data set]. Africa Foundation. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22976211 [South Sudan country profile. Accessed 22 October 2026. https://lead-database.netlify.app/country/south-sudan.html]

Every part of the site quotes this same reference; other formats (MLA, Chicago, Harvard, BibTeX) are on the About page, which also describes the coding rules and sources. Figures here were generated from the dataset on 2026-10-22 and describe outbound engagements by South Sudan's own officials.