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Peace attracts traders back to South Sudan

A Ugandan trader sells onions to a customer at a vegetable market in Juba in 2007. South Sudan became Uganda's leading export destination in 2008 after the signing of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) in 2005. PHOTO | REUTERS

By  JONATHAN KAMOGA

Uganda is seeking to increase its exports to South Sudan following a new peace deal that has been signed by the warring parties.

South Sudan became Uganda's leading export destination in 2008 after the signing of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) in 2005. Total exports peaked at $1.18 billion by 2008.

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