Saturday, May 26, 2007

South Sudan circulates $20 mln in new pound currency

(Reuters) - The Bank of Southern Sudan has put 40 million new Sudanese pounds into circulation in south Sudan to try to standardise the currency used in the semi-autonomous region, an official told Reuters.

Teams of fixed-point and mobile currency exchangers in planes, trucks, four wheel drives and canoes plan to circulate an additional 20 million pounds in the south by end-June, the official said.


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