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Kampala, Uganda | URN | The government of Uganda is to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the government of South Sudan to extend its support in the Ebola response by sending health workers. Dr. Charles Ayume, the  State for Health in charge of Primary Health Care, said the …

Juba, South Sudan | URN | The South Sudan People’s Defence Forces (SSPDF) has denied allegations that its soldiers abducted Ugandan truck drivers and seized their trucks in Bor Town, Jonglei State. Maj. Gen. Lul Ruai Koang, the SSPDF spokesperson and Director for Defence Media and Press, rejected claims that …

    Uganda Truck union leader Asadu Musisi Sentongo calls for EAC intervention   Juba, South Sudan | URN | Six Ugandan truck drivers are missing after armed men reportedly abducted them and seized their trucks in Bor Town, Jonglei State, South Sudan. The drivers were reportedly abducted between Tuesday …

ANALYSIS | As South Sudan marks 15 years of independence, millions of people continue to live with the consequences of conflict and violence. For more than 40 years, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has worked alongside communities across the country, helping people survive conflict, recover from injury …

Peace settlements have redistributed access to money, offices and external finance among elites, leaving intact the coercive revenue system and war economies that preceded them   COMMENT | MATTHEW BENSON-STROHMAYER | South Sudan’s independence from Sudan in 2011 was meant to close the chapter on one of Africa’s longest civil wars: …

  People feel they are being held hostage by the ongoing conflict between Kiir and his former vice-president Riek Machar   Juba, South Sudan | AGENCIES | South Sudan, the world’s youngest country, on July 9 marked the 15th anniversary of its independence, following decades of war with Sudan, a …

Juba, South Sudan | URN | South Sudan has regained limited access to advance financing against its future crude oil exports after reaching an agreement with commodities trader BB Energy to partially settle a dispute that had led to restrictions imposed by a London court. The agreement comes weeks after the …

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia | Xinhua | Saudi Arabia on Thursday suspended travel by its citizens to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Uganda and South Sudan, and halted the issuance of all types of visas and the entry of travelers from the three countries as a precaution against Ebola, …

  BB Energy initiated legal proceedings in London’s courts last year, alleging that South Sudan failed to deliver oil cargoes purchased under the prepayment arrangements   London, UK | AGENCIES | London’s High Court has upheld an injunction preventing South Sudan from entering into new oil prepayment agreements until it …

‎‎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) …