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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Uganda revealed that the 13 Ugandans who were allegedly abducted by the South Sudanese authorities in Koch sub-county Yumbe district, in retaliation, towards the arrest of Ernesto Tumia a South Sudanese Chief of Bori Boma, for fueling land conflicts have been released and …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni on Thursday met and held discussions with the President of the Republic of South Sudan, H.E Salva Kiir at State House Entebbe. According to a statement issued by the Presidential Press Unit (PPU) today, the two leaders discussed issues of mutual …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Third Deputy Prime Minister, Rebecca Kadaga has attacked Kenya and South Sudan for frustrating Ugandan business operators with what she calls unfair trade practices. Speaking at the second two-day East African Business and Investment Summit and Expo 2023 at Speak Resort Munyonyo, Kadaga, also Uganda’s …

Juba, S.Sudan | Xinhua | President of South Sudan Salva Kiir on Thursday night appointed James Morgan Pitia as the country’s new minister of foreign affairs and international cooperation. In a presidential decree broadcast on the state-owned television, the South Sudan Broadcasting Corporation, Kiir appointed Pitia who had previously served as …

Luka Kuol is Adjunct Professor, University of Juba and affiliated with the Abyei Community Action for Development and the Rift Vally Institute points out three things it must get right COMMENT | LUKA KUOL | South Sudan descended into violent conflict less than three years after independence. It signed its first …

Nairobi, Kenya | Xinhua | Kenya and South Sudan leaders on Saturday agreed to pursue joint infrastructure projects to boost regional integration and spur trade between the two countries. Visiting South Sudan President Salva Kiir and his Kenyan counterpart William Ruto also signed a Memorandum of Understanding on the establishment of …

Juba, South Sudan | Xinhua | Constant delays in the implementation of key electoral and constitutional benchmarks by South Sudan parties to the 2018 revitalized peace agreement cast doubts on the possibility of holding elections in 2024, the UN mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) said Thursday. Guang Cong, the deputy …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir said the country’s long-delayed elections will be held next year as planned. President Kiir said he would run for re-election in the polls, the first since the country gained independence. No other candidate has declared their candidacy but First Vice-President …

Elegu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Ugandan truck drivers have staged a peaceful protest at the Elegu border point in Elegu Town Council in Amuru District demanding the release of their colleagues and trucks impounded by South Sudan authorities. This follows nearly two months of fruitless negotiation between the Ugandan …

Juba, South Sudan | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda and South Sudan have signed a Power Sales Agreement (PSA) for trade in electricity between the two countries. Trading of electricity across the border is expected to benefit the towns of Oraba and Elegu in Uganda, and Kaya and Nimule in South …