A South Sudanese economist has called on the unity government to find a radical solution to the rampant insecurity along the Juba-Nimule road.
The 192km-long Juba-Nimule highway connects the country's capital Juba with Nimule on the Ugandan border. The key road stretch starts from Nimule and meets Kampala, the Ugandan capital, and then runs through Kenya to the port of Mombasa.
John David, an economist and a researcher with Diversity Centre for Strategic Studies, told Radio Tamazuj that the government must make peace which in turn will lead to economic stability in the country.
“This is important because about 90 percent of goods coming into South Sudan enter through Nimule border,” he said.
The economist explained that the insecurity along the Juba-Nimule road is adversely affecting the country’s economy, forcing traders to increase the prices of goods coming into South Sudan.
The Juba-Nimule road has recently been the target of attacks by armed groups. Mostly recently, dozens of people were killed and several others injured in an attack by rebels allied to former First Vice President Riek Machar.