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Vol 62 No 9

Published 29th April 2021


South Sudan

The IMF picks up the cheque as officials grumble

A hefty loan with few conditions raises questions as the government is lambasted for rights abuses and its opaque finances

Civil servants in Juba joke that even if they see their monthly pay-check, it's all gone by the time they have paid for a haircut. Now the International Monetary Fund has offered an unlikely lifeline to bureaucrats and barbers alike.

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