South Sudan gained its independence in 2011 and former NBA player Luol Deng, a Sudanese native, began organizing a basketball program with the plethora of athletes who are from the tiny nation.

Heavy gunfire has erupted in South Sudan’s capital of Juba at the home of the country’s former spy chief who has been under house arrest for the past two months ...

Although most "cannot locate South Sudan on a map", they won't forget the Bright Stars. Luol Deng: from child refugee to basketball behemoth The man credited with the team's success is Luol Deng ...

Luol Deng has been supporting UNHCR ... Born in 1985 in what is now South Sudan, Luol and his family fled the war and ended up as refugees in the United Kingdom, where he became a British citizen in ...

NAIROBI: Refugee turned NBA star, Luol Deng (pic) has worked tirelessly throughout his career to develop basketball in his troubled homeland South Sudan, as federation president, patron and ...

Tim Reynolds | Associated Press Ranked 62nd in the world, South Sudan played its 1st official international game just six years ago. MANILA, Philippines (AP) — It was a chant that Luol Deng ...