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Article: Boom time in Southern Sudan: Juba, the capital of Southern Sudan, enjoying peace after a bitter 22-year civil war, is now considered the fastest-growing city in the world as traders and investors flock in to take advantage of the new opportunities the semi-autonomous region represents. Rachel Zedeck reports.(SUDAN)
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- African Business
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- December 1, 2008
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Juba is a small town with big plans. Without much of the physical infrastructure necessary to describe it as a modern city, it is nevertheless being described as the fastest-growing city in Africa. Anyone visiting the Customs Market on Yei Street will be able to witness all the principles of free-market economics.
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Fleets of four-wheel-drive SUVs, belonging to international NGOs, each with logos emblazoned on doors, clog the city streets. These organisations are providing much of South Sudan's local employment and are important revenue sources for a region that is emerging from 22 years of civil war and is still suffering more than ...