Currency collapse heaps more pain on civilians in divided Sudan
Black-market rates reached about 7,500 pounds to the dollar as importers paid for fuel and wheat with scarce hard currency, officials said.
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The Sudanese pound has lost almost half its value in territory controlled by the army since the beginning of the summer, exacerbating the misery of civilians trying to rebuild their lives and complicating the authorities' efforts to project an image of normality in the areas under their control. The collapse is one of the most drastic since the Sudanese Armed Forces and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces entered the war almost three and a hal…
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Currency collapse heaps more pain on civilians in divided Sudan
By Eltayeb Siddig , Nafisa Eltahir and Khalid AbdelazizOMDURMAN, Sudan, Sept 21 (Reuters) - The Sudanese pound has haemorrhaged nearly half its value in army-held territory since the start of the summer, piling misery on civilians trying to rebuild their lives and complicating authorities' efforts to project normalcy in areas they control.The collapse is one of the most dramatic since Sudan's armed forces and the paramilitary Rapid Support Force…
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