South Sudan In Focus - VOA Africa

Today’s top stories: The Japanese government donates millions of U.S. dollars for humanitarian assistance in South Sudan; Morocco’s King Mohammed the Sixth agrees to support development projects in South Sudan; and a South Sudanese singer uses his music to give refugees living in Uganda hope for the future.

Today’s top stories: The new U.N. Secretary General works to ensure the conflict in South Sudan is resolved peacefully; the widow of the late Dr. John Garang fears the country is on the verge of mass genocide; and a humanitarian organization provides basic household items to families displaced from their homes in Imatong State.

Today’s top stories: The African Union moves forward in a “withdrawal strategy” from the International Criminal Court; fighting in the Upper Nile forces aid workers to suspend humanitarian operations in the area; and Imatong State officials allow Torit residents to reclaim the land where their houses once stood.

Today’s top stories: A Kenyan court orders authorities to investigate a South Sudanese intelligence officer implicated in the disappearance of two South Sudanese activists; a fuel shortage in Juba forces several newspapers to shut down; and villagers in Imatong State call for a logging company to stop cutting down trees until community demands are met.

Today's top stories: Thousands of people who fled their homes during last week's raid by cattle keepers in Wau say they are in dire need of food; and we bring you the first in a four part series on South Sudanese who were in Khartoum before their country gained independence in 2011 and how they have been affected by the "Voluntary Repatriation Program".

Today’s top stories: A high court in Kenya orders officials to investigate the disappearances of two South Sudanese who are critics of the Kiir administration; a new report accuses the SPLA of inflating the size of its military to receive more money from the government; and a severe medicine shortage harms patients at health facilities in Abyei.

Today’s top stories: Two police officers are killed in an armed group attack in Kajo Keji County; a new corruption perception index places South Sudan as the second most corrupt country in the world; and judges of a new high court in Imatong State assure citizens that a doctrine of impartiality will be enforced and the rule of law will prevail.

Today’s top stories: A ceasefire monitoring officer is killed by unknown gunmen in Wau; authorities relocate the Kajo Keji Health Training Institute to Uganda amid insecurity in South Sudan; and South Sudanese girls outperformed boys in primary and secondary school examinations.

Today top stories: A human rights activist says two South Sudanese nationalists are reported missing in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi; an American-funded nongovernmental organization provides financial assistance to help South Sudanese students; and health officials in Imatong State predict a sharp rise in cases of malnutrition.

Today’s top stories: An unidentified armed group kills at least six people in Yei River State; a research project investigates the cause of high infant and maternal mortality rates in South Sudan; and elders in Wau County call on President Salva Kiir to free political detainees in order to achieve lasting peace.