Redress over trade losses in South Sudan stalls

Thirteen out of 23 companies approved by Uganda’s parliament in April 2018 to receive compensation for losses incurred after supplying merchandise to South Sudan will have to wait longer as the government verifies their claims.

South Sudan was Uganda’s main export market until civil war broke out in 2013 and many Ugandan traders, mainly grain dealers, lost their products or did not get paid by South Sudan government departments.