South Sudan: South Sudan Lifts Fuel Subsidies to Cut Expenditure

May 13, 2018 | Xinhua
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The South Sudanese government has lifted the fuel subsidies in a bid to cut spiraling public expenditure costs in the youngest nation that has experienced rampant fuel shortages due to conflict. Deputy Minister of Information Lily Albino Akol told journalists that President Salva Kiir ordered the lifting of the fuel subsidies in order to find badly needed supplementary cash to pay government workers' pending arrears.