Police have launched investigations into an incident in which a Kenya Broadcasting Corporation (KBC) journalist Betty Barasa was shot dead by armed criminals on Wednesday night. Betty Barasa, a video editor who works for the national broadcaster, was shot dead […]
Illegal checkpoints will be removed from South Sudan’s highways to ease the movement of trucks as the truck drivers agreed to end strikes. Kenyan and Ugandan truck drivers say thugs mounting illegal roadblocks on South Sudan’s main highway give them […]
Uganda’s defence ministry said Thursday it had signed an intelligence-sharing agreement with its Egyptian counterparts, bolstering security ties amid regional tensions over a massive hydropower dam on the Nile. The deal will facilitate regular exchange of intelligence between security agencies […]
The delegation from South Sudan met with Ugandan officials and the truck drivers in Elegu today Ugandan truck drivers who are engaged in transporting goods to South Sudan have demanded for compensation from the neighboring country before they can resume […]
Sudan has requested the United Nations to replace Ethiopian peacekeepers in Abyei with another force from different countries, Foreign Minister Mariam al-Mahdi stated on Tuesday. Al-Mahdi disclosed the request in an interview with the ban-Arab Alhadath TV following the failure […]
Sudan has declared a state of emergency in West Darfur state following ethnic clashes that have left at least 40 dead and thousands of people displaced. On Monday, the UN said that at least 40 people had been killed and […]
The Press Secretary in the office of Vice President, James Wani Igga, Michael Alla Jabu has denied that the bodyguards of the vice president beat up a man who blocked their convoy in Sherikat, a suburb of Juba City. Michael […]
5 people have lost their lives in an ambush by unknown gunmen on their passenger cars along Juba-Nimule road. A source from Jok Okir in Ayii Boma anonymously told the media that residents have fled their homes and consolidated at […]
The Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga has urged the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to consider issuing a travel advisory for South Sudan following the killing of Ugandans by suspected rebel groups. Parliament was discussing a matter raised on the floor […]
The long-awaited graduation of unified forces to take charge of security during the ongoing transitional period in South Sudan has been delayed amid financial constraints, peace monitor said Wednesday. Charles Tai Gituai, head of the Reconstituted Joint Monitoring and Evaluation […]
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