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- Thursday 30 May 2013
May 29, 2013 (KHARTOUM) - The price of the US dollar has witnessed a slight decrease in the black market on Wednesday, settling at 6.9 Sudanese pounds (SDG), while the price of the euro was 8.3 SDG, and the Saudi riyal fell to 1.7 SDG. (...)
- Tuesday 4 June 2013
June 3, 2013 (KHARTOUM) – The Sudanese minister of finance and national economy Ali Mahmoud Abdel-Rasool has acknowledged that the country’s economy is facing significant headwinds despite an austerity program implemented in the wake of (...)
- Wednesday 12 September 2012
September 11, 2012 (KHARTOUM) – Month-on-month inflation in Sudan rose from 41.6 percent in July to 42.1 percent in August due to soaring prices of imports whereas the value of the U.S. dollar in the black market for hard currency (...)
- Friday 28 December 2012
December 27, 2012 (KHARTOUM) – Sudanese security authorities have arrested more than 70 traders of hard currency as part of a crackdown on the black market, a well-placed source told Sudan Tribune on Thursday. A Sudanese man counts (...)
- Sunday 15 April 2012
April 15, 2012 (KHARTOUM) - With the closure of the oil field producing the majority of Sudan’s oil revenue this week, due to clashes on the north-south border, Khartoum has seen long queues at petrol stations and now a rapid rise in (...)
- Friday 17 August 2012
August 16, 2012 (KHARTOUM) – The price of the US dollar in Sudan’s black market for hard currency jumped on Thursday to SDG 5.95 as the country’s central bank further devalued the local pound in renewed efforts to plug the gap with the (...)
- Wednesday 5 September 2012
By Bonifacio Taban Kuich
September 4, 2012 (BENTIU) - Authorities in Unity State have confirmed that in July this year they arrested a South Sudanese man for selling counterfeit foreign currency. The police say they are also looking (...)
- Wednesday 12 September 2012
By Julius N. Uma
September 11, 2012 (JUBA) - South Sudan’s Central Bank has sufficient reserves of local currency, capable of running the country for the next five years without printing any money, Kornelio Koriom, its Governor said (...)
- Monday 21 May 2012
May 20, 2012 (KHARTOUM) – The Central Bank of Sudan’s (CBS) decision to allow Forex bureaus in the country to use their own rates instead of the official one in currency transactions has attracted criticism from senior officials (...)
- Tuesday 20 November 2012
November 19, 2012 (KHARTOUM) – The Central Bank of Sudan (CBoS) announced on Monday that it received "large deposits" in its foreign accounts that would bolster its foreign exchange reserves to meet food import needs and achieve Forex (...)
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