Ugandan firms count losses as South Sudan war refuses to end

>The South Sudan government, through the ruling Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM), has extended an olive branch to rebel leader Riek Machar in a bid to end bloodshed in strife-torn South Sudan and want him “to return home”.

South Sudan. South Sudanese President Salva Kiir was expected to sign a peace deal yesterday, aimed at ending 20 months of civil war.

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Businesses in Uganda are struggling as instability continues in neighbouring South Sudan.

The East African Community (EAC) has called for an end to violence in South Sudan which has claimed over 10,000 lives.

>Ugandan troops have been killed fighting alongside South Sudan’s army, President Yoweri Museveni has said, the first official confirmation that foreign forces have an active combat role in the war-ravaged young nation.

>A new United Nations report on the atrocities of war committed by both South Sudan government forces and rebels loyal to former vice president Riek Machar has sucked the UPDF in the use of cluster bombs in the conflict.

South Sudan has what many business people describe as a "war economy" as they battle to keep their companies afloat as a result of the brutal civil war.

Football can help bring peace to war-torn South Sudan, says the president of the country's Football Association.