UPDF Evicts Over 5,500 South Sudanese Cattle From Atiak Sugar Factory Land

Uganda evicts South Sudanese pastoralists from Amuru

The Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) have evicted a group of Dinka pastoralists from neighbouring South Sudan who had been illegally grazing over 5,300 head of cattle on the Atiak Sugar Factory land in Atiak sub-county, Amuru District.  The eviction took place between July 7 and 8, 2025, and was executed by a joint security team led by Deputy Resident District Commissioner Prosocovia Acham.  This operation was carried out under the Presiden…

UPDF Evict South Sudanese Nomads from Atiak Sugar Factory Land » Business Focus

UPPDF soldiers guard cattle recovered from South Sudanese rustlers at Bibia parish, Atiak Subcounty Amuru district in May 2018. The Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) have forcefully evicted South Sudanese nomadic pastoralists who had been illegally grazing thousands of cattle on Atiak Sugar Factory plantation in Atiak Sub-county, Amuru district. The eviction exercise carried out last week, followed months of concerns over unauthorized grazin…

UPDF Evicts Over 5,500 South Sudanese Cattle from Atiak Sugar Factory Land

The Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) have completed the eviction of South Sudanese nomadic herders from the Atiak Sugar Factory plantation in Amuru District, Northern Uganda. According to Maj Gen Felix Busizoori, Commander of the Fourth Infantry Division, a total of 5,590 head of cattle had been removed from the land by Thursday last week. The operation, conducted between July 7 and 8, 2025, was led by a joint security task force headed by …

Ugandan army expels South Sudanese herders from Northern Uganda - Radio Tamazuj

A group of Dinka pastoralists owning over 5,300 head of cattle who have been illegally grazing livestock inside the Atiak Sugar Factory land in Atiak sub-county, Amuru District in Northern Uganda since 2022, have been evicted from the land by the Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF), the Ugandan government-owned New Vision Newspaper reported over the weekend. The eviction, which was conducted between July 7 and 8, 2025, by a joint security team…