Tag Archives: South Sudan

Deal reached to resume Sudan-S Sudan oil flow

12 Mar 2013

Oil is vital to the economies of both Sudan and South Sudan

South Sudan and Sudan have agreed to resume pumping oil after a bitter dispute over fees which saw production shut down more than a year ago. The South, which seceded ...

Road Carnage: 8 killed, 36 injured at Nyolo

28 Dec 2012

8 people have been confirmed dead and 36 others injured after a Friendship bus traveling from South Sudan to Uganda lost control and overturned. The accident, that occurred at Aruu ...

36 trade barriers in EAC dropped in a year – official

3 Dec 2012

Katuna borde: introduction of Customs Union and the Common Market has increased intra-EAC trade threefold to about $4 billion annually.

The East African Community has eliminated 36 barriers to trade in the past year in a move aimed at boosting the region’s bid to attract investment from other economic blocs ...

IFC calls on African States to broaden their tax nets

2 Dec 2012

The International Finance Corporation (IFC) has urged African states to broaden their tax nets in order to increase government’s capacity to fund development. The IFC’s visiting Director of Investment Climate ...

Corrupt officials, drug traffickers targetting journalists

29 Nov 2012

Buikwe North Member of Parliament, Onyango Kakoba

Journalists are being targeted by corrupt officials and those engaged in organised crime, a recent phenomenon that the United Nations (UN) has identified and is ready to fight. The matter ...

EAC presidents to discuss S. Sudan admission

28 Nov 2012

Discussions on East Africa’s Infrastructure will be a top item on the agenda for the five presidents of the East African Community states as they convene in Nairobi later this ...

Climate change threatens sweet smell of morning coffee

26 Nov 2012

Study suggests many wild growing areas will go by 2080

LONDON – Rising temperatures due to climate change could mean wild arabica coffee is extinct in 70 years, posing a risk to the genetic sustainability of one of the world’s ...

CfC says South Sudan branch to break even early

19 Nov 2012

CfC Stanbic Bank expects its newly opened branch in southern Sudan to start making profit earlier than anticipated owing to numerous opportunities in the region. Although it normally takes between ...

EAC to accelerate joint infrastructure projects

9 Oct 2012

Track crossing into Tanzania at Rusumo. The New Times / T.Kisambira.

Talks are currently underway between the East African Community (EAC) partner states to develop joint infrastructure development projects. According to Rwanda’s Ministry for EAC, the government has unveiled infrastructure projects ...

Somalia is a ‘good news story’ of Africa

8 Oct 2012

MISSION OF DESTRUCTION - Somali rebels patrol the streets of Mogadishu.

It was not a coincident that the political stability in Africa was on the top of the agenda in the UN General Assembly where there was significant discussion and debate ...