South Sudan In Focus - VOA Africa

Today’s top stories: South Sudanese refugees living on a U.N. compound in Aweil are in urgent need for humanitarian aid; the Sudan government agrees to open a third humanitarian corridor between Sudan and South Sudan; and Pope Francis visits Egypt to appeal for peace and religious tolerance.

Today’s top stories: Intense fighting in the former Upper Nile region forces Doctors Without Borders aid workers to evacuate; market traders flee the South Sudan town of Raja, leaving residents without food or drinking water; and a senior Ugandan official asks international communities to help provide resources for South Sudanese refugees pouring into Uganda.

Today’s top stories: U.N. Security Council members remain divided on the issue of an arms embargo and targeted sanctions against South Sudan; South Sudanese struggle to feed their families as food prices skyrocket and food rations are delayed; and President Salva Kiir adds more names to the National Dialogue Steering Committee.

Today’s top stories: A spokesperson for President Salva Kiir denies accusations that the administration supports Sudanese rebels of the SPLM-North; South Sudanese refugees in Uganda’s Adjumani District construct semi-permanent homes for their families; and World Malaria Day shines a spotlight on global efforts to treat and prevent the spread of the disease.

Today’s top stories: Supreme court justices in South Sudan suspend their countrywide strike and give the government one week to meet their demands; Torit town residents complain about skyrocketing food prices; and South Sudanese artists and comedians organize an event to unite youth through a message of peace and nonviolence.

Today’s top stories: South Sudan’s finance minister says the rate of inflation has decreased despite the country’s economic crisis; the government cuts off supplies of medicine and surgical equipment to hospitals across South Sudan; and the ongoing conflict forces an orphanage in Kajokeji to relocate to Uganda.

Today’s top stories: A South Sudanese woman seeks protection at a Ugandan refugee center following a sexual assault by armed men; judges in South Sudan threaten to go on strike if the government fails to meet their demands; and an increased rate of new HIV/AIDS infections alarms health workers in Yei River State.

Today’s top stories: The U.N. scales down the delivery of humanitarian aid to parts of South Sudan; authorities accuse youth in Boma State of abducting more than fifty children; and a new South Sudan rights group turns cell phones into investigative tools that document human rights atrocities.

Today’s top stories: A spokesman for the SPLM-IO claims rebel leader Riek Machar is under house arrest in South Africa; a physician in Juba says common practices put South Sudanese at risk of dying from Hepatitis B.; and the South Sudan government fails to pay the salaries of civil servants and members of the military.

Today’s top stories: A United States senator calls South Sudan “a worrying tragedy,” and says South Sudanese leaders must address the country’s worsening humanitarian situation; the governor of Lol State says has been restored following heavy fighting in Raja Town; and six South Sudanese opposition parties accuse the international community of ignoring the ongoing conflict in South Sudan.