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South Sudan to Close Embassies in Bid to Trim Government Costs
South Sudan to Close Embassies in Bid to Trim Government Costs
20 May 2019, 07:13 PM IST
(Bloomberg) -- South Sudan will close some of its embassies abroad as the war-torn country seeks to trim government costs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman Mawien Makol Ariik said.
Most of the land-locked East African nation’s revenue comes from oil sales, which have been hampered by a decline in prices and an uprising in neighboring Sudan where its exports are shipped from.
Ariik said didn’t say how many embassies would be shut.
To contact the reporter on this story: Okech Francis in Juba at fokech@bloomberg.net
To contact the editors responsible for this story: David Malingha at dmalingha@bloomberg.net, Hilton Shone, Ana Monteiro
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