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‎‎Kampala, Uganda | URN | Uganda and Kenya have called on South Sudan and Tanzania to remove roadblocks, levies, and other trade restrictions affecting cargo trucks from East African Community (EAC) member states. T The concerns were raised during the 40th EAC Regional Monitoring Committee meeting on Non-Tariff Barriers (NTBs) …

Longing to stride down runways of international fashion weeks often collides with realities of conservatism and lack of structural support.   ARTS | MAURA AJAK | Growing up, Khloe Nyanda and the women and girls around her were taught “to be small and not take up spaces”, the 21-year-old says. …

COMMENT | OBED K KATUREEBE | The increasingly speculative UN Commission on Human Rights has once again issued a report about Uganda’s involvement in the South Sudan conflict. The report makes serious allegations against the Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF), which are currently working to prevent what could become one of …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda’s lucrative export corridor to South Sudan is facing fresh turbulence after some 1,000 trucks were stranded at Nimule border, following the introduction of a new electronic permit levy by the Government of South Sudan. Appearing before Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) on Thursday, …

JUBA | Xinhua | South Sudan is set to face profound economic and humanitarian challenges due to dwindling donor assistance and humanitarian funding, according to two new reports released by the World Bank on Thursday. “Official development assistance coming from other countries into South Sudan in 2025 was half the …

JUBA | Xinhua | South Sudan on Friday denied accusations by the United States of obstructing humanitarian assistance following Washington’s recent decision to suspend foreign assistance to parts of the country. Thomas Kenneth Elisapana, spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, said the accusations implicating government officials …

Digitel’s foray into South Sudan’s telecom market is testing the grip of entrenched players, exposing gaps in coverage and challenging assumptions about who gets to build connectivity in one of the world’s least served nations SPECIAL REPORT | BIRD AGENCY | South Sudan’s telecommunications sector, long dominated by foreign multinationals, …

JUBA | Xinhua |  Over one million people have been affected by severe flooding across South Sudan, the United Nations (UN) humanitarian agency has said. In its update on floods released on Thursday, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) also noted that nearly 355,000 people have …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliament has approved a new loan worth US$ 121,961,000 from the African Development Fund to finance Uganda’s electricity export project to South Sudan, despite sharp divisions among Members. While some legislators welcomed the project as a strategic regional investment that could generate foreign income, …

KHARTOUM, SUDAN | Xinhua | Sudan and South Sudan have agreed to protect oil facilities and the central stations of the pipelines transporting South Sudan’s oil to Port Sudan in eastern Sudan, the two sides said in a joint statement on Monday. The two nations pledged to enhance technical capacity, …