South Sudan in Focus: The U.S. Embassy in Juba is renewing its calls to the government of South Sudan to conduct a credible inquiry into the death of American journalist Christopher Allen, who was killed in 2017 while covering the war in South Sudan; A Mobile Court sitting in the Eastern Equatoria State capital, Torit on Thursday sentenced a man to death by hanging for the murder of a traditional chief last month; The South Sudan government says preparations are in high gear for the graduation of the Necessary Unified Forces on August 30th..