Juba — South Sudan cabinet on Friday approved 83 million South Sudanese Pounds (SSP) (about $2.6 million) mainly to finance its military force. The country's information minister Michael Makuei Lueth said his finance counterpart Agrey Tisa Sabuni would present cabinet's recent proposal to parliament for approval.
He further disclosed that 50 million SSP had been "re-allocated" to the South Sudanese army (SPLA) from other ministries' spending and development funds.
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