Amuru, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Truckers have suspended travels to South Sudan following the shooting of two Kenyan truck drivers. Haron Abdulahi Ore and Issa Salad were transporting merchandise to Juba in South Sudan aboard trucks registration number KCF 035M and KBN 363L respectively when they were killed. Sudi Mwatela …
Read More »Millions of dollars in trade at stake if South Sudan conflicts continue – Traders
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Ambushes on vehicles for civilians between Nimule at the border with Uganda and the South Sudan capital Juba have dominated reports from that region, with several Ugandans and Sudanese traveling to and from Uganda being casualties. The situation is no better in several towns south …
Read More »South Sudanese Bishop succumbs to Covid-19 at Arua hospital
Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Rt. Rev. Stanley Nelson Dada, the Bishop of Pentecostal Church under Yei Diocese in South Sudan has succumbed to COVID-19 at Arua Regional Hospital. Three of his children and more than ten contacts are receiving treatment under home-based care. Rt. Rev. Stanley Nelson Dada, a …
Read More »Uganda misses agricultural opportunity to Malawi
Dozens of local firms are still demanding for payments from Juba for goods supplied more than a decade ago Kampala, Uganda | ISAAC KHISA | Africa’s newest state, South Sudan, has by-passed Uganda and signed a trade agreement with Malawi for the supply of grain and other agricultural commodities. This …
Read More »Gen Gatwech faction declares him SPLM-O commander, ‘kicks out’ Machar
Juba, South Sudan | THE INDEPENDENT | A faction of the South Sudanese People’s Liberation Movement/Army in opposition (SPLM/A-IO) have declared a coup, and declared First Lieutenant General Simon Gatwech dual interim chairman and commander in chief. According to EyeRadio in Juba, the group issued a statement after a three-day meeting of …
Read More »Kitgum residents flee as ‘rebels’ march in from South Sudan
Kitgum , Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Locals in Namokora, Orom and Mucwini sub-county have been told to evacuate the areas around Palokok forest as armed men from South Sudan have reportedly invaded the area and are beating and abducting people. Francis Okello, a resident of Namokora sub-county says that the beating and abductions …
Read More »Ugandan farmers chased from South Sudan border gardens
Lamwo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Suspected South Sudan security personnel are reportedly chasing Ugandan farmers from their gardens at the borders with Lamwo district. Reports indicate that the gunmen believed to be coming from Owiny-Kibul and Ingiji in the Central Equatorial State of South Sudan have in the past weeks …
Read More »Elegu border officials struggle to control South Sudanese seeking food
Elegu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Security at the Elegu border point in Atiak Sub-county, Amuru district has been intensified following the entry of hundreds of South Sudanese into Uganda seeking food. At the border, the security personnel struggle to restrain the South Sudanese nationals from entering the country. According …
Read More »Two Ugandan truck drivers shot dead in South Sudan
Trucks at the border town of Elegu. PHOTO URN Elegu, South Sudan | THE INDEPENDENT | Two Ugandan truck drivers have been shot dead and one injured in South Sudan. The incident occurred on Thursday in Nesitu, Jubek County in the Central Equatorial State about 120 kilometres to Nimule border …
Read More »South Sudan’s delicate decade
World’s youngest nation marks tenth independence anniversary amid great peril Kampala, Uganda | IAN KATUSIIME |War. Peace agreements. Refugees. UPDF. Those are some of the buzzwords that have been synonymous with South Sudan in the last ten years since it broke away from Sudan in 2011. On July 9, …
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