(KOBOKO, UGANDA) – Charcoal traders along Uganda’s border with South Sudan have asked President Yoweri Museveni for a three-month grace period to sell existing stocks, saying enforcement of the 2023 charcoal ban has left more than 172 dealers with over 90,000 bags worth UGX 2.4 billion ($645,000 / £492,000) stranded.Continue Reading
(KAMPALA) – Uganda has appealed to South Sudan to reconsider restrictions affecting Ugandan traders after Juba County authorities called on foreign traders to leave small scale retail businesses to locals. Rebecca Kadaga, Uganda’s Minister of East African Community Affairs, called on South Sudan to respect the common market protocol ofContinue Reading
(OFUA, UGANDA) – After ten years of exile, survival and longing for home, a South Sudanese refugee leader is making an emotional appeal to the country’s political leaders to put aside their differences and deliver the lasting peace that millions of displaced citizens have been waiting for. For Otiti Joseph,Continue Reading
(JUBA, SOUTH SUDAN) – Ugandan traders in South Sudan are in a state of alarm after city authorities in Juba issued notices barring foreigners from retail trade. Leaders of the traders’ community told a major newspaper in October 2026 that the notices were delivered verbally by local government authorities. NoContinue Reading
(JUBA)– President Salva Kiir Mayardit has met a high-level delegation from the East African Community (EAC), led by Secretary-General Ambassador Stephen Patrick Mbundi, as South Sudan begins national consultations on the proposed EAC Political Confederation. During the meeting on Thursday, Ambassador Mbundi briefed President Kiir on key regional priorities, includingContinue Reading
(RHINO CAMP, UGANDA) – A South Sudanese student has died after a gold mining site collapsed in Yoyo One, Zone 3 of the Bidibidi Refugee Settlement in Uganda on Monday. The deceased, identified as Peter Mambo, was a Senior Six student at Yoyo Secondary School. Family members and eyewitnesses sayContinue Reading
(MOYO DISTRICT, UGANDA) – A joint technical committee has met to develop terms of reference for cross border peace committees aimed at preventing conflict and strengthening cooperation among communities living along shared borders. The meeting was held on 13th August with support from the Faith Development and Relief Agency, knownContinue Reading
(RHINO CAMP, UGANDA) – Fifteen refugee community leaders in Eden Zone of Rhino Camp Refugee Settlement have begun a two-month Digital Literacy Training Programme aimed at strengthening leadership, communication, and community development. The initiative, launched by Community Change for Development, commonly known as CC4D, seeks to equip refugee leaders withContinue Reading
(ARUA CITY, UGANDA) – Uganda and South Sudan have reaffirmed their commitment to strengthening border security, expanding trade and promoting peaceful coexistence along their shared border following a high-level joint meeting held in Arua District, Uganda. The Sixth Uganda-South Sudan Joint Border Meeting on Economic and Security Cooperation, West NileContinue Reading
(ARUA CITY, UGANDA) – Authorities from Central Equatoria State and neighbouring districts in Uganda’s West Nile region are holding bilateral talks following renewed clashes between the Uganda People’s Defence Forces, or UPDF, and the South Sudan People’s Defence Forces, the SSPDF The confrontation occurred on July 14th in Liwolo PayamContinue Reading
