Flydubai starts Juba serviceFlydubai, Dubai’s innovative low-cost airline, made its maiden flight to Juba, the capital city of the Republic of South Sudan. The inaugural flight, FZ61, touched down at Juba Airport on Sunday with Ghaith Al Ghai More… |
Flydubai to launch Juba flightsFlydubai, Dubai’s innovative airline, has announced operations to Juba, the capital city of the Republic of South Sudan, from April 21. Flights will operate four times a week between Dubai More… |
S Sudan seeks $200m credit line for importsSouth Sudan aims to seal a $200 million credit line from an international bank within three months to cover imports and bolster the local currency, a minister said, after an oil shutdown erased the source of almost all its hard currency. More… |
South Sudan to split Total's oil blockNewly independent South Sudan has decided to break up a massive oil concession largely held by Total into three blocks, granting one to the French energy company and the others to two foreign firms, government officials said. More… |
Egypt's Citadel to grow crops in South SudanA unit of Egyptian private equity firm Citadel Capital plans to cultivate up to 40,000 acres of farmland in South Sudan to sell staple foods such as maize in the newly-independent nation, an executive said on Tuesday. More… |
S Sudan plans underwater pipe for oil exportsSouth Sudan, locked in a row over oil transit fees with neighbour Sudan, said it plans to build a temporary underwater oil pipeline along the Nile to deliver crude for export. The pipeline would extend from o More… |
Sudan rules out shutdown of oil pipelineSudan will not shut down a pipeline carrying crude oil exports from South Sudan despite a row with Juba over sharing oil revenues, a senior Sudanese oil official said on Sunday. Land-locked South Sudan has ac More… |
Zain Sudan spends $60m on splitting opZain Sudan has spent $60 million splitting its operations in two following the succession of South Sudan, but has yet to agree a license fee with the newly independent country, the telecoms operator said. South Sudan seceded from the north More… |
Zain eyes South Sudan licenceTelecoms carrier Zain Sudan is in talks with South Sudan to obtain a licence to operate in the newly independent country, the firm’s managing director said. Zain Sudan, a unit of Kuwait’s Zain and one of three mobile telecoms carriers lice More… |
S Sudan to circulate new currency in a weekNewly independent South Sudan on Monday said it planned to roll out its new currency in a week at a one-to-one value with the north Sudanese pound. South Sudan seceded from the north on Saturday, a separation won at the climax of a 2005 pe More… |








