South Sudanese President Salva Kiir and Uganda’s Chief of Defense Forces, Muhoozi Kainerugaba, met Saturday in the capital, ...

KAMPALA, Aug. 10 (Xinhua) -- South Sudanese President Salva Kiir and visiting Ugandan Chief of Defense Forces Muhoozi Kainerugaba have held talks on strengthening regional stability.

Disputes between the two over border demarcations have been ongoing but heavy, armed fighting has been rare until now.

Troops from Uganda and South Sudan have clashed along their border, resulting in at least four deaths. A Ugandan military official reported the incident on Wednesday.

This visit marks the latest in a series of diplomatic engagements by Gen. Kainerugaba to bolster Uganda’s regional partnerships.

While minor clashes have occurred in the past, such deadly confrontations between the two allied forces remain rare.

At least four members of the South Sudanese security forces have been killed in fighting with the Ugandan army near the ...

Authorities from South Sudan said they have retrieved five bodies of SSPDF soldiers from the forest, while one UPDF soldier ...

Eight people were reported dead after Ugandan soldiers crossed the border into South Sudan and skirmished with troops there.

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Emergency funding to help hundreds of thousands of refugees in Uganda will run out next month unless more support comes in, a ...

Uganda has deployed an unknown number of troops to South Sudan in a bid to protect the fragile government of President Salva Kiir as a tense rivalry with his deputy threatens a return to civil war ...