South Sudan In Focus - VOA Africa

The South Sudan government is investigating a case between community members and the county commissioner of Maban in Upper Nile state. Last week, young men staged a protest at Maban County headquarters demanding the removal of the commissioner, who reportedly fled to a South Sudan People’s Defense Forces’ barracks in the area. Mamer Abraham Kuot reports from Malakal.

A priest with the Episcopal Church of South Sudan was freed after his family allegedly paid a ransom of two goats and a sack of beans; South Sudan government is investigating a case between community members and the county commissioner of Maban; county commissioner of Torit in says imposing restrictions on alcohol consumption has proved counterproductive; plus, more.

Some South Sudan religious leaders have criticized the transitional government of national unity for prolonging the transitional period for two more years; United Kingdom, United States, Canada, France, Germany, and Netherlands say they will not support the implementation of the 2018 peace agreement during the extended period; early morning gunfire alarmed residents of South Sudan’s capital Juba; plus, more.

The South Sudan Pilots Association is calling on the national government to enact aviation laws; authorities and community leaders in Eastern Equatoria state say a washed-out bridge in Owinykibul village has cut off service delivery; South Sudanese living in the Kenyan capital Nairobi expressed mixed reactions to the government’s decision; plus, more.

An advisor to the South Sudan’s economic cluster has urged the ministry of finance address the needs of citizens yearning for solutions to the country’s economic crisis; some South Sudanese say it is not too late to enroll in school; plus, US elections campaign and more .

South Sudanese are expressing mixed reactions to the decision to extend the government’s transitional period for two years; residents of the Upper Nile State say President Salva Kiir and his deputies made the right decision to postpone elections; plus, more.

Some lawmakers in the Eastern Equatoria state Legislative Assembly say the state's financial report for fiscal year 2022-2023 had some loopholes; more young men and women in Africa are concerned about how leadership styles in Africa is dominated by older politicians; the US presidential election is influencing South Sudanese Americans; plus, more .

Stakeholders to the 2018 peace agreement have drafted a document on the fate of the country’s roadmap for extending the transitional period; political parties in South Sudan’s Eastern Equatoria state say they are ready for election; UN renews Sudan sanctions regime; plus, more

US Representative Sydney Kamlager-Dove is leading 50 members of Congress who are urging the Biden administration to scale up humanitarian aid in Sudan; the special envoy for the Intergovernmental Authority on Development to Sudan says the mediation process for ending the Sudan conflict should be handed over to the regional bloc; several families in Bor displaced by flooding are asking the government of South Sudan to support their fishing businesses; plus, more.

The South Sudan parliamentary committee on justice is looking at two bills that parliament passed into law last week; A South Sudan lawmaker representing Cueibet county in the national assembly says legislators in the assembly are divided over issues having to do with the formation of a hybrid court for the country; plus, more.