Kiir warns global powers against siding with rebels, official President Salva Kiir Mayardit January 11, 2014 (ST, JUBA) – South Sudanese president Salva Kiir Mayardit said on Saturday that any attempt to impose sanctions against his government would undermine attempts to end the current conflict. South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir speaks after meeting with Sudan’s…
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South Sudan Finance Minister: Will Borrow to Cover Lost Oil Revenue
January 11, [JUBA, South Sudan]—South Sudan’s government will have to borrow heavily to compensate for oil revenue lost during ongoing fighting, the finance minister of this resource-rich but impoverished African country said on Saturday. “I will be searching the whole world for loans and I’ll take the loans that are good for South Sudan from…
South Sudan: Machar says rebel forces on the march to Juba
Rebel leader rejects Ethiopian PM’s call for a ceasefire, saying it cannot happen until Juba releases political prisoners Dr. Riek Machar Teny (in the middle, in combats) met the American Special envoy to South Sudan and Sudan, Donald Booth together with member of IGAD’s mediators, at undisclosed location in South Sudan. Saturday 11, 2014.…
