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Primate to lead South Sudan reconciliation process

South Sudan's president has appointed the Archbishop of the Episcopal Church of Sudan to chair the national reconciliation committee

08 May 2013

South Sudan: 'We will persevere'

Bishop Anthony Poggo of Kajo-Keji Diocese, South Sudan, talks with Paul Thaxter (rt), CMS transcultural mission director, and Stephen Burgess, CMS transcultural manager for Africa.

Bishop renews call for prayer for South Sudan and Sudan as agreement to resume oil production is finally reached The nations of Sudan and South Sudan need each other, a South Sudanese bishop has said as an agreement is announced on renewing oil production.

14 March 2013

Tools for the Sudan project to bring a new beginning for refugees

Tools for the Sudan project to bring a new beginning for refugees

[St. George's Episcopal Church in Fredericksburg, Virginia] “..Give a man a fish and he’ll eat for a day but teach a man to fish and he’ll eat for years.  Give a boy/man the right tools and there is no stopping him!”

29 January 2013

South Sudan: Bishop Urges African Leaders to Act On Sudan's 'War of Horror'

South Sudan: Bishop Urges African Leaders to Act On Sudan's 'War of Horror'

Nairobi — A panel of African civil society leaders, including Bishop Andudu Adam Elnail, were joined today by the former UN Humanitarian Coordinator for Sudan, Dr. Mukesh Kapila, in urging African political leaders to use the upcoming African Union (AU) Summit in Addis Ababa to end the humanitarian suffering in Sudan's Southern Kordofan and Blue Nile states.

23 January 2013

Faith leaders assess South Sudan's progress on nation's anniversary

Faith leaders assess South Sudan's progress on nation's anniversary

6 July [ENInews]-As South Sudan prepares to mark its first anniversary as a nation on 9 July, Christian leaders said it has made positive progress, but also highlighted significant problems.

09 July 2012

Episcopal Church in Sudan makes new appeal for people in conflict-torn Malakal area

Episcopal Church in Sudan makes new appeal for people in conflict-torn Malakal area

Bishop John Gattek from the Diocese of Malakal, Church of Sudan is calling for humanitarian relief for communities in the Benitu area of Unity state in South Sudan.

02 July 2012

Southern Sudanese again seek safety at Kakuma camp

Southern Sudanese again seek safety at Kakuma camp

[Ecumenical News International] Violence in South Sudan and along the border with Sudan are forcing hundreds of families back to the Kakuma refugee camp in northwestern Kenya where they lived several years ago.

29 May 2012

Episcopal and Catholic bishops ready to "do all in their power" to realise an end to war

Episcopal and Catholic bishops ready to "do all in their power" to realise an end to war

Episcopal and Catholic bishops from South Sudan have said that together they “stand committed to do all in [their] power” to realise an end to war between Sudan and South Sudan.

14 May 2012

Archbishop of Sudan appeals for peace as tensions rise between neighbouring countries

Archbishop of Sudan appeals for peace as tensions rise between neighbouring countries

The Anglican archbishop who was instrumental in delivering peace to Sudan has raised the spectre of full-blown war and appealed for restraint from the presidents of Sudan and South Sudan.

24 April 2012

Sudan: Islamic Fundamentalists Attack Church in Sudanese Capital and Set It On Fire

Sudan: Islamic Fundamentalists Attack Church in Sudanese Capital and Set It On Fire

Khartoum - An Islamic fundamentalist group in Sudan made an attempt to bring down a church in the capital Khartoum and eventually managed to set it on fire.

23 April 2012