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Trade Boost: South Sudan, Sudan to re-open border

Trade Boost: South Sudan, Sudan to re-open border

SETH ONYANGO, BIRD Sudan and South Sudan will reopen their borders on October 1 for the first time in 11 years, in a deal expected to re-calibrate trade between the two states and usher in a new diplomatic dawn for the erstwhile foes. Sudan's reformist Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok and South Sudan President Salva Kiir said in a joint statement last week that their borders will be opened at four crossings to allow free movement of goods and people. These are Buram–Timsah in Western Behr El Ghazal state, Meram—Wanjok in Northern Behr El Ghazal State, Jebelain Renk in Upper Nile…
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Australia sticks by plan to re-open border in mid-2022

Australia sticks by plan to re-open border in mid-2022

LIDIA KELLY AUSTRALIA is sticking to plans to start re-opening to the rest of the world only from the middle of next year, officials said on yesterday, resisting mounting pressure to end the closure of international borders. In March 2020, Australia closed its borders to non-nationals and non-residents and has since been allowing only limited international arrivals, mainly citizens returning from abroad. "All the way through we will be guided by the medical advice," Prime Minister Scott Morrison said at a televised briefing. "We will be guided by the economic advice." Earlier in the day, Treasurer Josh Frydenberg told the…
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