The South Sudan and the neighbouring state of Uganda enjoy relatively [vague] strong cultural, political, and economic ties. As South Sudan neared independence, both states begun to take advantage of increased opportunities for trade, development and educational exchanges.

Dec 19, 2024 · GENEVA – Dozens of men, women and children who fled Sudan have offered vital testimony about the country’s deadly conflict to human rights experts visiting a settlement camp in neighbouring Uganda.

6 days ago · Uganda has launched a trial of a vaccine against the Sudan strain of the Ebola virus, following an outbreak in the country that has killed one person and infected two others. The first patient, a ...

2 days ago · A constant flurry of cargo flights between an airfield on the outskirts of Kampala and destinations in Sudan and, more recently, South Sudan is further fuelling suspicions that Uganda has an indirect role in the supply of weapons to the paramilitary group that has been fighting regular Sudanese troops for more than 18 months.

Feb 1, 2025 · Sudan virus (SUDV) was first identified in southern Sudan in June 1976. Since then, the virus has emerged periodically and up to now and prior to this current one, eight outbreaks caused by SUDV have been reported, five in Uganda and three in Sudan.

4 days ago · On January 29, 2025, the Ministry of Health of Uganda officially declared an Ebola outbreak caused by the Sudan virus (species Orthoebolavirus sudanense), in the nation’s capital, Kampala. This is the eighth Ebola outbreak in Uganda since 2000.

Dec 12, 2024 · The long-awaited border demarcation between Uganda and South Sudan is set to begin in 2027, according to declarations from officials of both governments. The demarcation is expected to address...

Jan 31, 2025 · WHO and partners have immediately boosted their support to the Ugandan government’s response to an outbreak of Sudan virus disease outbreak (SVD, part of the Ebola family), including by facilitating access to a candidate vaccine and candidate treatments.

18 hours ago · Now, just two years later, on January 30, 2025, Uganda announced its latest Sudan Ebola outbreak. The Ministry of Health identified a 32-year-old male nurse who had died as the first documented case.

Oct 20, 2024 · President Museveni is on Wednesday expected to convene the high-level summit aimed at charting a peace path to ending the 17-month war in Sudan, Foreign Affairs minister Gen Jeje Odongo has said.