Uganda and South Sudan have agreed to monitor the Nimule-Juba route, where approximately 1000 trucks are stalled.

The Ugandan and South Sudanese governments have agreed to monitor the Nimule-Juba route, where truckers and travelers have lately been assaulted.

The accord came after mysterious militants murdered truck drivers and wounded bus passengers.

Police inspections would be conducted every 10 kilometers (6 miles) along the route, according to Uganda’s First Deputy Prime Minister Rebecca Kadaga.

Cross-border truckers from East African nations went on strike last week to protest insecurity.

Approximately 1,000 trucks from East Africa have halted at the major crossing point on the Nimule-Juba route.

This year, at least 30 merchants and truck drivers from East Africa have been murdered on the road.

South Sudan is highly reliant on its neighbors for critical supplies while it recovers from a devastating civil war.