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‘Timebomb’ Road Is Economy Lifeline in World’s Newest Nation
SOUTH SUDAN, Capital Markets in Africa: When trucker James Okumu slams his pedal to the floor for the three-hour drive between South Sudan’s capital and the Ugandan border, he feels like he’s sitting on a timebomb. “You don’t know when it will explode,” said the 37-year-old Ugandan, who regularly plies the 195-kilometer (121-mile) route to transport vegetables and rice to Juba from his home country. Unidentified gunmen have ambushed buses and fuel-tankers on the winding road this month,…
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