On the Morning Breakfast show this Thursday; Frontier – a leading economics consultant group in Europe, says the conflict in South Sudan may cost the economy as much as $28 billion if it continues for the next five years, and 122 billion dollars over a 20-year period. The report states that donors have already spent as much as $1.8 billion fighting a famine and sponsoring unsuccessful peace talks and adds that neighboring countries like Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania and Sudan face even bigger losses unless the conflict is stopped. The report concludes that Restoring peace in the oil-producing East African nation would save the international community about $30 billion by reducing expenditure on peacekeeping and humanitarian assistance. In our talking point today: What do you think? what has been the financial cost implication of the conflict to you as an individual, family or even community?
Posted on: Wed, 14 Jan 2015 15:40:35 +0000
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