South Sudan seeks UAE bailout as economy crashes

President Salva Kiir (right) meets with UAE Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Sheikh Shakhboot Nahyan in Juba.

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South Sudan’s President has had two official trips to the United Arab Emirates this year, forced by domestic economic and political problems he wants help to tackle.

And Abu Dhabi’s rising influence in the Horn of Africa means South Sudan could have found support to soften the blow of woes it has faced in Juba.