Yumbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A 4.9 moderate magnitude earthquake hit the border areas of South Sudan and Uganda on Monday evening. Confirmed by the United States Geological Survey (USGS), the quake struck at 9:54pm near Yei in Central Equatoria state, some 36 km North of Yumbe district in …
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Juba, South Sudan | Xinhua | Some 997,743 refugees have arrived in South Sudan in spontaneous returns from October 2018 to September 2023 after the signing of the revitalized peace agreement on the resolution of conflict, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said on Tuesday. According to the …
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Oraba-Kaya, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Authorities in the Central Equatoria State of South Sudan have renewed a demand for the Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) to lift a ban on the transportation of fuel imposed on the Oraba-Kaya customs border point. In April last year, the URA halted the transit …
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This would to foster the development of an integrated East African capital market to drive advocacy, innovation, capacity building, and harmonization of regulations and laws Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | The East African Securities Regulatory Authorities (EASRA), comprising regulators from Uganda, Kenya, Rwanda, and Tanzania, have underscored the importance of …
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Lamwo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Security authorities in Lamwo district have apprehended a man accused of orchestrating a fake kidnap and demanding a ransom of more than sh800,000. Lampard Tabu was arrested from Gai Village, Paloga Sub County on Monday following a joint operation by the local intelligence network …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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