South Sudan In Focus - VOA Africa

The United Nations World Food Program received a donation from the Qatar and the Kuwait Red Crescent societies; health ministry in Jonglei state sign a memorandum of understanding with Doctors of the World-Spain; some residents of Yambio town in Gbudwe state say life is returning to normal after three years of fighting.

The spokesman of a faction of the SPLM accuses first vice-president Taban Deng of violating the ceasefire agreement; and many South Sudanese scholarship students at Harare Institute of Technology are unsure if they will be able to attend their classes.

A senior church leader in Yei River State calls on warring parties to open all roads and allow civilians free movement between villages and towns; South Sudan’s information minister again denies government troops violated the signed ceasefire agreement; and a group of South Sudanese elders schedule a meeting with former SPLA chief of staff general Paul Malong.

Officials arrest people suspected of inter-communal violence in Tonj State; the World Health Organization investigates a suspected outbreak of hemorrhagic fever in Yirol County of Eastern Lakes State; and a former 'Lost Boy' reacts to the U.S. president’s apparent crude reference to Haiti and African countries.

A former health minister says the Kiir administration has violated terms of the cessation of hostilities agreement signed last month; China donates millions of dollars to the South Sudan government; and former South Sudanese students living in Uganda find innovative ways to continue their higher education.

A South Sudanese analyst says the environment in South Sudan is not suitable for democracy; and the government of South Sudan uses sports to promote cohesion and unity among the country's youth.

South Sudanese officials deny holding political detainees in government custody; South Sudan’s first vice-president warns state officials to take measures to prevent inter-communal violence; and South Sudanese students study at a Uganda health training facility with the goal of returning home to serve their people.

The South Sudan government accuses former army Chief of Staff General Paul Malong of rebelling against the Kiir administration; church leaders in South Sudan speak out against the dire situation in their country; and founders of a South Sudanese non-governmental organization use technology to transform the lives of fellow refugees in Northern Uganda.