Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The first circulation coins of the South Sudanese pound in denominations of SSP 0.10, SSP 0.20, and SSP 0.50 were issued 9 July 2015, on occasion of the fourth anniversary of independence from Sudan. [12] In 2016, the Bank of South Sudan issued a SSP 20 banknote to replace the SSP 25 note. [13]
The declining agricultural production and the reliance on expensive foreign food supplies have contributed to a severe food shortage in South Sudan. Around 2.7 million South Sudanese will need food aid in 2012 according to the United Nations' food programme. [25] The government has begun to address the issue of agriculture and food security.
Prior to 9 July 2011, when South Sudan attained independence, banking operations in the country were controlled and governed by the Bank of Sudan based in Khartoum. The Sudanese central bank operated branches in South Sudan in the cities of Juba, Wau, and Malakal. The legal tender was the Sudanese Pound.
The Bank of South Sudan (BoSS) is the central bank of the Republic of South Sudan.Established in July 2011, by an Act of Parliament (The Bank of South Sudan Act, 2011), it replaced the now defunct Bank of Southern Sudan, a former branch of the Bank of Sudan, [3] which had served as the central bank of South Sudan, during the period between February 2005 until July 2011.
These were attributable in part to economic considerations including increasing transport costs, a decrease in the parallel exchange rate of the South Sudanese pound from £6.1 SSP to £11.5 SSP per United States Dollar, and the loss of government credit allowing import of food at the official exchange rate of £2.9 SSP per USD.
So far, the war in Sudan has killed more than 14,000 people, according to U.N. estimates, and driven more than eight million from their homes, making Sudan the world’s largest displacement ...
The coat of arms of South Sudan. The first postage stamps for South Sudan were issued on 13 July 2011 by the Ministry of Telecommunications and Postal Services [3] and should have featured the flag of South Sudan on the one South Sudanese Pound (SSP) stamp, the coat of arms of South Sudan on the 2.5 SSP stamp, and an image of John Garang, the pre-independence leader, on the 3.5 SSP stamp.
When Isaac Anthony Lumori launched South Sudan's first weekly comedy show at the height of a civil war in 2014, his performers' quips about different ethnic groups were not always well received. A ...