South Sudan’s currency loses more value amid plans to change it

President Salva Kiir holding South Sudanese pounds. FILE PHOTO | AFP

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South Sudan’s currency drastically depreciated against the dollar last week, just after the government announced plans to change it, an indication that more currency hoarders had surrendered the now seemingly old notes.

On October 9, the country’s Council of Ministers decided to change the national currency in an attempt to mop up hoarded cash it claims is to blame for the decline of the economy, according to the Information Minister.