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South Sudan
Juba · South Sudanese pound (SSP) · EAC · IGAD
Reference
- Capital
- Juba
- Currency
- South Sudanese pound · SSP
- Central bank
- Bank of South Sudan
- Official languages
- English
- Stock exchange
- Not listed here
- Instant payments
- Not listed here
- Regulatory sandbox
- Not listed here
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Figures
- GDP (current US$)
- Not available for the latest year
- GDP growth (annual %)
- Not available for the latest year
- Population
- 12.2 m · 2025
- Inflation, consumer prices (annual %)
- Not available for the latest year
- Personal remittances received (current US$)
- Not available for the latest year
- Exchange rate · SSP
- 5805 SSP per US dollar · 2026-08-29
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Headlines · 9
From the AllAfrica country feed and pan-African newsrooms; each item links to the original.
AllAfrica · South Sudan
Today in History - Government, LRA Sign Landmark Peace Pact in Juba
[Nile Post] On August 26, 2006, the Government of Uganda and the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) signed a landmark Cessation of Hostilities Agreement at the Juba-Raha Hotel in Juba, Southern Sudan, opening a new chapter in…
Africanews
UN and partners strengthen Ebola preparedness in South Sudan border town
Humanitarian organisations warn there is a significant risk of a spillover due to extensive cross-border trade and travel between the two countries.
AllAfrica · South Sudan
D'Tigers Face South Sudan Test As World Cup Pressure Mounts After Cameroon Defeat
[Premium Times] With the qualification race in Group E so tightly contested, another defeat could leave D'Tigers with little room for error heading into their final game of the window against Cape Verde on Sunday…
The Guardian Africa
Overcoming war’s legacy: learning to walk again at a South Sudan clinic – in pictures
After decades of sporadic conflict in South Sudan, many civilians have been left with life-changing injuries from gunshots and landmines. The country also has high rates of disability resulting from disease and snake…
AllAfrica · South Sudan
More South Sudanese Refugees Arrested Over Imvepi Riots
[Independent (Kampala)] Over forty South Sudanese refugees have been arrested and detained in Terego District in connection with Tuesday's riots at Imvepi Refugee Settlement that left offices belonging to the Office of…
AllAfrica · South Sudan
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Two Ethiopian peacekeepers serving with the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) were killed and three others injured when an armed group ambushed a joint UN patrol in Jonglei…
AllAfrica · South Sudan
Two Peacekeepers Killed in Attack On UN Mission in South Sudan
[New Times] Two UN peacekeepers were killed in an ambush on a patrol by the United Nations peacekeeping mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), the mission said on Monday, August 24.
AllAfrica · South Sudan
Two UN Peacekeepers Killed in South Sudan Ambush
[UN News] Two UN peacekeepers have been killed and a total of seven people injured after unidentified gunmen ambushed a patrol in South Sudan's eastern Jonglei state on Monday.