Sudan/South Sudan: War-Torn South Sudan Sees River Route Boosting Trade with Sudan

Oct 4, 2017 | Okech Francis, Bloomberg
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South Sudan said it’s in talks with Sudan to restart river transport and boost trade between the two former foes, potentially easing the war-torn country’s economic crisis. South Sudan is keen to revitalize a trade agreement the nations made in 2012, the year before its civil war began, Minister of Trade and Industry Moses Hassan Tiel told reporters Wednesday in the capital, Juba. The secretary-general of the chamber of commerce, Simon Akuei Deng, said river transport could bring in exports that would end high prices in South Sudan, where inflation was 155 percent in July.