change the currency, the newest element in the gradual separation of North and South Sudan Sudan has officially launched a new currency.The new notes are available at banks and points of currency exchange in Sudan, according to the Central Bank.
The movement is a response to southern Sudan, which broke away two weeks ago, launching its own currency.
Both economies may suffer, as financial arrangements between the two States are part of several outstanding issues.
The Central Bank expects all the old notes have been replaced within three months, but at the moment is not a difficult period.
The Bank said that the new currency is being introduced as "precautionary measure," from the South of the Sudan has already brought in its own new currency.
It is estimated up to ￡ 2,000 Sudanese are in circulation in the new country, which has the potential to destabilize the economy of Sudan.
More talks are not ruled out with the authorities in Juba on old notes in the South.
'Currency wars'"He carried us out all the precautionary measures to protect the economy of Sudan, and I hope it will come to an agreement satisfactory to both sides on the pound in the South," Deputy Governor Badr al - Din Mahmoud said in a statement.
The Sudanese authorities are careful to say that they do not want a "currency war" but this seems to be exactly what is happening.
Analysts say that both economies may face real difficulties if there is no coordination among them.
In Juba and Khartoum Governments also have to reach an agreement with the oil.
The largest part is in the South, but infrastructures are export in Sudan.
The two parties can not agree on how much South of the Sudan must pay for these services.
Financial disputes underscore the tensions that can complicate life in both countries for the foreseeable future.
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The great divide in Sudan is visible even from space, as shown in this satellite image of Nasa. The States of the North are a blanket of desert, broken only by the fertile Nile corridor. Southern Sudan is covered by green areas of grassland, swamps, and forests.
Arid north of the Sudan is mainly Muslim Arabic-speaking home. But there is no dominant culture in the South of the Sudan. The Dinka and the Nuers are the largest of more than 200 ethnic groups, each with their own languages and traditional beliefs with Christianity and Islam.
Inequalities in health in Sudan are illustrated by infant mortality rates. In the South of Sudan, one in 10 children die before their first birthday. Whereas in the more developed Northern States, Gezira and White Nile, half of the children is expected to survive.
Gulf water resources between North and South is hard. In Khartoum, the Nile River, and Gazeera States, two thirds of the people have access to water and pit latrines by departments. In the South, without protection of wells and boreholes is the main sources of consumption. More than 80% of the inhabitants of the South have no sanitary facilities.
In all Sudan, access to primary education is strongly linked to household income. In the poorest parts of the South, less than 1 per cent of children finish primary school. Considering that in the richest North, up to 50% of children complete primary education level.
Conflict and poverty are the main causes of food insecurity in Sudan. The residents of Darfur and southern Sudan affected by the war remain highly dependent on food aid. Much more than in the States of the North, which they tend to be wealthier, more urbanized and less dependent on agriculture.
Sudan exports billions of dollars of oil per year. Southern States produces over 80% of the same, but only 50% of revenue. Pipes running to the North, but the two parties have not yet agreed how to share the oil wealth in the future.
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