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.

Since January 2025, nearly 600 people—many fleeing conflicts in Sudan, South Sudan, and the DRC—have entered Uganda each day.

UNHCR and other UN agencies face one of the worst funding crises in decades, compounded by U.S. and other donor states' ...

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

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

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

Dr. Aceng highlighted the need for cross-border cooperation with South Sudan, DR Congo, and Kenya to eliminate remaining ...

At least 6 people were killed in border clashes between South Sudan and Uganda on Monday. The fighting broke out after South ...

Uganda sent troops to support Kiir when civil war broke out in the country in 2013, just two years after it gained ...

KAMPALA – 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 ...

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 ...