Authorities in Kapoeta South County of Eastern Equatoria state say at least 7 miners were killed and several others still trapped when a gold mine collapsed last week; U.S. presidential candidates reach out to voters; plus, more

The United States does not choose its next president by popular vote; that’s done by the Electoral College. Todd Belt, professor and director of Political Management for George Washington University’s Master’s Program talks with VOA’s Carol Van Dam about how some Americans distrust the election process following unsubstantiated allegations of voting fraud in the 2020 presidential race between President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump.

Beef prices have steadily risen in South Sudan’s capital Juba, as residents question the quality of beef in markets across the town; U.S. elections campaigns intensify; plus, more

A pathologist says many women in South Sudan do not know how to self-examine their breasts to protect themselves from breast cancer; Lilian Rizik, South Sudanese born American says she expects a change in U.S. policy toward South Sudan; spokesperson of the South Sudan National Police Service says his office has no information about the press secretary of the governor of Western Equatoria state; plus, more.

South Sudan in Focus airs at 7:30 pm in Juba (1630 UTC) and can be heard on FM stations throughout South Sudan, on shortwave, and on VOA’s 24-hour channel in Nairobi at 8:30 pm. The program is hosted by John Tanza in Washington D.C., and a network of reporters around South Sudan and in Washington.

A group of 34 teachers are demanding $205,200 from the non-profit group the Melut Development Committee; some civil servants in Eastern Equatoria state say they are forced to take extra jobs to feed their families; a South Sudanese-born American Jok Madut Jok, who lives in Syracuse in New York state, says the U.S. election is important for the people of South Sudan; plus, more

South Sudan’s minister of health Yolanda Awel Deng says the influx of refugees from Sudan is posing health risks at South Sudan’s border crossings points; the family of former humanitarian worker Muki Johnson, who disappeared in Juba last week, is urging South Sudan’s government to help find their loved one; former chairperson of South Sudan community in the Washington DC area says his country stands to benefit from America; plus, more.

South Sudan in Focus airs at 7:30 pm in Juba (1630 UTC) and can be heard on FM stations throughout South Sudan, on shortwave, and on VOA’s 24-hour channel in Nairobi at 8:30 pm. The program is hosted by John Tanza in Washington D.C., and a network of reporters around South Sudan and in Washington.

The Special Representative of UN Secretary General in South Sudan calls on South Sudanese leaders to work for lasting peace across the country; U-S State Department sanctions on a top leader of the Sudan Armed Forces; U.S. electoral campaigns increase; plus, more.

The former governor of Central Darfur state, Adeeb Yousif who was trapped in Darfur, says the situation in his country need urgent intervention; residents of Eastern Equatoria State say tariff levied by telecommunications networks in the country are too high compared; plus more .