Scores of listeners and a handful of dignitaries turned out for the launch of a new Voice of America FM transmitter in Juba, South Sudan.
Voice of America Launches Juba 93.5 FM
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South Sudan in Focus host John Tanza Mabusu acts as master of ceremonies at the launch in Juba, South Sudan, of the new FM radio transmitter on Thursday, March 21, 2013. (VOA/Jill Craig)
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Voice of America's chief of English to Africa programs, Sonya Laurence Green, speaks at the launch of the new FM radio transmitter in Juba, South Sudan, on Thursday, March 21, 2013. (VOA/Jill Craig)
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U. S. Ambassador Susan Page gives a speech at the launch of the new Voice of America radio transmitter in Juba, South Sudan, on March 21, 2013. Page stressed the importance of freedom of the press in new democracies in her speech. (VOA/Jill Craig)
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South Sudanese veteran journalist Alfred Taban addresses the crowd at the launch of the new VOA transmitter in Juba. (VOA/Mugume Davis Rwakaringi)