South Sudan in Focus: A U.S. diplomat in South Sudan is urging the country’s leaders to act with urgency and redouble efforts to ensure the remaining tasks in the peace agreement are implemented before the end of the transitional period; Some South Sudanese youth are calling on the National Constitution Amendment Committee to lower the age limit for presidential candidates from 40 to 30 years ahead of next year's scheduled election; There's mixed reaction from political analysts and civil society activists over President Salva Kiir’s recently announced road map for completing implementation of the peace agreement.

South Sudan in Focus: A U.S. diplomat in South Sudan is urging the country’s leaders to act with urgency and redouble efforts to ensure the remaining tasks in the peace agreement are implemented before the end of the transitional period; Some South Sudanese youth are calling on the National Constitution Amendment Committee to lower the age limit for presidential candidates from 40 to 30 years ahead of next year's scheduled election; There's mixed reaction from political analysts and civil society activists over President Salva Kiir’s recently announced road map for completing implementation of the peace agreement.

South Sudan in Focus: A U.S. diplomat in South Sudan is urging the country’s leaders to act with urgency and redouble efforts to ensure the remaining tasks in the peace agreement are implemented before the end of the transitional period; Some South Sudanese youth are calling on the National Constitution Amendment Committee to lower the age limit for presidential candidates from 40 to 30 years ahead of next year's scheduled election; There's mixed reaction from political analysts and civil society activists over President Salva Kiir’s recently announced road map for completing implementation of the peace agreement.

South Sudan in Focus: A U.S. diplomat in South Sudan is urging the country’s leaders to act with urgency and redouble efforts to ensure the remaining tasks in the peace agreement are implemented before the end of the transitional period; Some South Sudanese youth are calling on the National Constitution Amendment Committee to lower the age limit for presidential candidates from 40 to 30 years ahead of next year's scheduled election; There's mixed reaction from political analysts and civil society activists over President Salva Kiir’s recently announced road map for completing implementation of the peace agreement.

South Sudan in Focus: Authorities say the death toll from last week’s cattle raid in South Sudan’s Kapoeta North County has risen to 240; Calm has returned to South Sudan’s border town of Nimule after recent violence in which three people were killed, including a local chief; Jonglei State authorities are urging their counterparts in the Greater Pibor Administrative Area to foil what they say is a mobilization of young men to attack Jonglei State.

South Sudan in Focus: Authorities say the death toll from last week’s cattle raid in South Sudan’s Kapoeta North County has risen to 240; Calm has returned to South Sudan’s border town of Nimule after recent violence in which three people were killed, including a local chief; Jonglei State authorities are urging their counterparts in the Greater Pibor Administrative Area to foil what they say is a mobilization of young men to attack Jonglei State.

South Sudan in Focus: A South Sudanese chief was shot dead today in fresh inter-communal violence in Nimule town of Eastern Equatoria State; President Salva Kiir has ordered the suspension of a project to dredge River Naam and other tributaries of the Nile until an environmental study is done on the matter; South Sudanese refugees living in Sudan say they have not been able to celebrate their country’s independence day for the last eight years.

South Sudan in Focus: A South Sudanese chief was shot dead today in fresh inter-communal violence in Nimule town of Eastern Equatoria State; President Salva Kiir has ordered the suspension of a project to dredge River Naam and other tributaries of the Nile until an environmental study is done on the matter; South Sudanese refugees living in Sudan say they have not been able to celebrate their country’s independence day for the last eight years.

South Sudan in Focus host John Tanza broadcast's live from Juba engaging young South Sudanese women and men as they discuss issues in the broadcast on the nation’s 11th birthday.

South Sudan in Focus host John Tanza broadcast's live from Juba engaging young South Sudanese women and men as they discuss issues in the broadcast on the nation’s 11th birthday.