Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Hundreds of farmers in Lokung sub-county in Lamwo district have failed to access their farmlands at the contentious Uganda-South Sudan border point. This follows clashes between Uganda People Defense Forces-UPDF soldiers and South Sudan People’s Defense Forces at Otwilo in Pangira parish near Ngomoromo border …
Read More »Uganda, South Sudan army trade blame over boundary clashes
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda People’s Defense Forces-UPDF and South Sudan Army are trading accusations for alleged failure to respect each other’s territorial boundaries triggering clashes along the Uganda-South Sudan border. On Tuesday last week, UPDF was involved in a heavy gunfire exchange with SSPDF soldiers at Atwila …
Read More »Three SPLA soldiers shot dead in Yumbe
Yumbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Three South Sudanese Liberation Army- SPLA soldiers have been killed in a gunfire exchange with Uganda People Defense Forces-UPDF soldiers in Goboro along the Uganda-South Sudan border. The SPLA soldiers reportedly entered Kochi sub county in Yumbe district on Sunday afternoon and were intercepted …
Read More »700 LDUs to be deployed along Uganda-South Sudan border – Brig. Gen Kabongo
Lamwo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Peoples Defence Forces (UPDF) is set to deploy over 700 Local Defence Unit (LDU) personnel at the Uganda-South Sudan borders in Lamwo district. Brig. General Michael Kabongo, the UPDF 5th Infantry Division Commander made the disclosure during a security meeting on Sunday. …
Read More »Farmers pay for harvesting crops on disputed Uganda-South Sudan border
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | South Sudan officials continue to extort money from Ugandan farmers harvesting their crops from a contested land in lokung sub-county, Lamwo district bordering South Sudan. This comes just a month after security personnel from the two countries held meetings to iron out the practices …
Read More »Uganda-South Sudan border market fails to attract traders
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Ngomoromo market in Lokung sub-county, Lamwo district remains unoccupied six years after it was commissioned. The market located at Uganda-South Sudan border was constructed in 2012 by Lamwo district local government at a tune of 52 million shillings with funding from the World Bank …
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