South Sudan In Focus - VOA Africa Voice of America (VOA)

Relatives of South Sudan’s Olympic basketball players are excited to watch them play in Paris; officials at the Catholic Church’s St. Theresa Hospital in Nzara country allege the state and national governments have neglected patients; hunger force South Sudanese to return to Sudan; plus, more.

Residents in Eastern Equatoria State’s Nimule town are worried about unaffordable medical bills at private clinics; Sudan's rival military leaders send mixed reactions to invitation for ceasefire talks in Switzerland; plus, more.

Residents of the South Sudan capital Juba woke up to sustained gunfire that rung in the city for one hour; Kenyan journalists protest police actions; several protesters were arrested and charged in the Uganda's capital, Kampala; plus more.

Authorities in Upper Nile State say they are prepared to tackle floods expected in the coming months; a lawyer says bank of South Sudan's hiring process is ''unprofessional and unfair'.''

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.

Residents in the Upper Nile state capital, Malakal, are indoors; shops are closed and streets empty; some residents of South Sudan’s capital, Juba, are asking the government to support them during the rainy season because of the city's poor drainage system; plus, more.