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- Saturday 29 December 2007
December 28, 2007 (KHARTOUM) — The Central Bank of Sudan has announced it would deal only in the euro starting from Jan. 1, and advised local commercial banks to opt for convertible currencies other than the U.S. dollar.
The (...)
- Monday 27 February 2012
February 25, 2012 (JUBA) - The United Nations (UN) has proposed a 7.8% reduction in its global peacekeeping operations citing the difficult financial situation of several member countries, a senior official said.
Hervé Ladsous, the (...)
- Wednesday 15 February 2012
February 14, 2012 (KHARTOUM) – The current round of talks between north and South Sudan on oil will likely be adjourned and resumed in two weeks time, an official in Khartoum said today. Pagan Amum, South Sudan’s chief negotiator (AFP) (...)
- Friday 2 December 2011
By Julius N. Uma
December 1, 2011 (JUBA) - South Sudan warned all foreign oil companies, the oil consortia and pipeline operators in the country not to cooperate with Sudan on crude oil-related matters, unless authorized.
The (...)
- Friday 11 May 2012
By Tesfa-Alem Tekle
May 10, 2012 (ADDIS ABABA) – The state-owned Ethiopian Commercial Bank (ECB), said it will open more branches in the main towns of South Sudan including one in Upper Nile State going operational in the next few (...)
- Saturday 3 December 2011
December 2, 2011 (JUBA) - South Sudan plans to borrow $679 million in the 2011-2012 financial years to invest in improving its road and rail networks, a senior official with the Finance Ministry said on Friday. Central Bank of South (...)
- Thursday 1 March 2012
February 29, 2012 (KHARTOUM) – The United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Wednesday launched an unusual attack on Sudanese president Omer Hassan al-Bashir accusing him of working to undermine the implementation of the 2005 (...)
- Thursday 2 September 2010
By Tesfa-Alem Tekle
September 1, 2010 (ADDIS ABABA) – The Ethiopian Insurance Corporation (EIC) says it will open its first foreign based branch in Juba town, making it the second state-owned financial firm to start business in the (...)
- Friday 29 January 2010
By Justin Ambago Ramba
January 28, 2010 — Ten years ago the people of south Sudan in their struggle for freedom came up with the beautiful idea of starting a monetary institution that would serve as the nucleus for promoting the local (...)
- Tuesday 12 February 2008
February 11, 2008 (JUBA) — The southern Sudan Government Ministry of Commerce, Trade and Supply and the Bank of Southern Sudan on February 8, 2008 announced an award funding worth 1 million dollars to four microfinance agencies. From (...)
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