South Sudan's media authority will lift a ban on around 20 foreign journalists who had been refused access to the country. Earlier this month the government's media regulatory authority said it had banned the journalists over unsubstantiated and unrealistic stories.<br/><br/>The National Dialogue Steering Committee — tasked with leading consultations to restore peace in the country — put pressure on the Media Authority to lift the ban. Media Authority chief Elijah Alier Kuai said, permits would be granted to all foreign journalists and there was no problem with the reporters coming to South Sudan.<br/><br/>South Sudan, the world's youngest nation, was plunged into civil war in 2013 after President Salva Kiir accused his rival and former deputy Riek Machar of plotting a coup against him.<br/><br/>