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On South Sudan highways, truck drivers face the 'Wild West'


On South Sudan highways, truck drivers face the ‘Wild West’
Saturday April 10 2021
Cargo trucks await clearance at the Malaba border. The Kenyan government has warned its drivers about dangerous highways in South Sudan, following a fatal attack. Photo | File | NMG
Summary
Juba-Nimule Highway connects the capital of South Sudan to the border with Uganda, the main route Kenyan drivers use to ferry transit goods to South Sudan.
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Kenyan truck drivers say thugs mounting illegal roadblocks on South Sudan’s main highway give them nightmares every time they have an assignment in that country.
The thugs, often gunmen, have been looting, maiming or killing drivers, and sometimes burning their vehicles. The excuse used to be the lawlessness created by the country’s enduring war since 2013 but after it formed a government of national unity last year, the question of the cause of the violence remains. ....

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