South Sudan has committed to repaying its loans received from the African Export-Import Bank through crude oil. The pan-African multilateral financial institution has in the past loaned South Sudan millions of dollars to aid the ailing economy. According to the […]
South Sudan and Malawi on Thursday signed a trade agreement that will see Lilongwe export its surplus food to Juba to help ease the widening cereals deficit in the east African nation. Kuol Athian, minister of Trade and Industry, revealed […]
The Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) has retained its deployment ban of overseas Filipino workers (OFW) to South Sudan amid the prevailing violence in the African nation. In its Resolution 1, Series of 2021, the POEA Governing Board maintained its total […]
Sudan has removed all subsidies for imported fuel, doubling the price of petrol and diesel. The price of petrol will rise from 150 Sudanese pounds ($0.35;£0.25) per litre to 290 pounds while diesel will now cost 285 pounds a litre […]
Burundi is reopening its Gatumba border with the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) from the town of Uvira this Tuesday following a long period of closure due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The Minister of Public Health explained this move by […]
South Sudan’s central bank said Tuesday that it would inject 8 million U.S. dollars, an increase from the previous 5 million dollars, into the economy on a weekly basis in order to strengthen the local pound against the dollar. Dier […]
Mayor of Juba City Council Kalisto Ladu has vowed that his administration will not rest till traders lower the prices of commodities. The mayor fired a warning against traders, who he accused of hiking prices, even after the South Sudanese […]
Juba traders shut shops, accused JCC of unnecessary fines and levies. Some traders in Juba have closed their shops in protest of what they call mistreatment by city authorities. Shops in Konyo-Konyo, Munuki, and Jebel markets are among those closed. […]
Tanzania and Uganda have signed a fifth and final government agreement that will greenlight the construction of a $3.5-billion pipeline that will carry crude pumped in western Uganda to the coast of Tanzania and international markets. The agreement follows another […]
The first cargo ships have docked at Kenya’s new deepwater port at Lamu which was commissioned on Thursday by President Uhuru Kenyatta. The $3bn (£2bn) facility aims to attract cargo destined for Kenya’s landlocked neighbours, South Sudan and Ethiopia.Kenya is […]
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