Arik said the move is aimed at reducing the costs of running diplomatic missions amid the ongoing economic crisis in the conflict-torn east African country. According to the World Bank, South Sudan is the most oil-dependent nation in the world, with oil accounting for around 60 percent of it...
Arik said the move is aimed at reducing the costs of running diplomatic missions amid the ongoing economic crisis in the conflict-torn east African country. According to the World Bank, South Sudan is the most oil-dependent nation in the world, with oil accounting for around 60 percent of it...
SOUTH SUDAN: AFTER WAR, DISPUTES OVER OIL LEAD TO ECONOMIC CRISISCharlton Doki
UNITED NATIONS, May 14 (Xinhua) -- More than 7 million of the estimated 11 million population of South Sudan are likely to suffer high levels of food insecurity through July, said UN humanitarians on Tuesday. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said intercommunal...
But after the young nation descended into civil war in late 2013, oil production declined from 350,000 in 2011 to less than 130,000 barrels amid soaring inflation and economic crisis. Since the start of the conflict, the value of the South Sudanese pound (SSP) have depreciated and prices ...
In March 2017, South Sudan increased work permit fees for foreign workers from 100 to 10,000 dollars as a measure to fight economic crisis. The finance ministry said at the time that the hiked fee would raise vital revenue for the cash strapped government to fund its activities. ...
JUBA , Jan . 15 ( Xinhua ) - - South Sudanese President Salva Kiir Saturday evening fired the governor of the Bank of South Sudan ( BSS ) amid rising inflation and a biting economic crisis that threatens survival of the East African nation n .
David Shearer, head of the UN mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), urged the government and development partners to invest more in women empowerment initiatives for realization of gender equality and socioeconomic progress for all women in south Sudan. ...
JUBA, May 20 (Xinhua) -- As civil war and a biting economic crisis continue to ravage South Sudan, a group of blind South Sudanese in the capital Juba is using massage therapy to relieve people from body pains and stress. Established in 2013, Seeing Hands is a social enterprise scheme ...
JUBA, Aug. 16 (Xinhua) -- South Sudan has reversed a decision to close down some of its embassies across the world as the country's president Salva Kiir on Friday ordered the reopening of four diplomatic missions that were closed some months ago. ...