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Christians in South Sudan Christians in South Sudan
In South Sudan around a quarter of the 8.26 million population is Roman Catholic. This is higher ratio than Africa as a whole, where only 16 percent are Catholic.
- Saturday 25 February 2012
February 24, 2012 (JUBA) – Christians in South Sudan are planning a pilgrimage to Israel in fulfillment of what they say was God’s promise in the Bible to the people of the region, senior Church leaders have announced. FILE - A Bishop (...)
- Monday 30 April 2012
April 27, 2012 (JUBA) - A South Sudan youth group on Friday vehemently rejected importation of what they described as western culture that allows same sex marriage, saying that South Sudan is a nation with culture, values and beliefs. (...)
- Monday 19 March 2012
March 18, 2012 (BOR) - At the opening of a church, school and a clinic built by a local businessman on Sunday the bishop of Bor diocese said development programs in villages of South Sudan’s troubled Jonglei State shows the potential (...)
- Tuesday 10 July 2012
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SUDANESE RELIGIOUS LEADERS CALL FOR PEACE ON FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF WORLD’S YOUNGEST COUNTRY
July 6, 2012
When the citizens of South Sudan flooded to the polls in January 2011 for the long-awaited independence (...)
- Tuesday 12 February 2013
February 11, 2013 (BOR/JUBA) – In a green valley beside the River Nile lies a village dotted with grass-thatched huts where an isolated 140 people call home. Children play outside and others pump water from the borehole, as elderly (...)
- Friday 15 February 2013
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- Monday 9 April 2012
April 8, 2012 (JUBA) - South Sudanese President, Salva Kiir Mayardit, dismissed fears that border clashes and rising tension with Sudan could return the countries to war, when addressing a prayer service to mark Easter celebrations in (...)
- Saturday 10 November 2012
November 9, 2012 (JUBA) - The Episcopal Bishop of Aweil diocese has called on the citizens of South Sudan’s Northern Bahr el Ghazal and political leaders to unite for common purpose and stop "bickering" over the inclusion of Mile 14 in (...)
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The better approach to reconciliation 2013-05-17 06:07:06 By Zechariah Manyok Biar May 16, 2013 - Some of you who might have read my previous articles know that I promised some weeks ago to write separately on the topic of peace and reconciliation that (...)
OIL: is it a curse or a blessing in South Sudan? 2013-05-17 06:04:54 By Jacob K. Lupai May 16, 2013 - In the late 70s when for the first time oil was discovered in Southern Sudan there was euphoria that poverty would be a thing of the past, replaced by a high (...)
The misapprehension of peace in the context of conflict resolution 2013-05-16 11:40:39 By Ngor Arol Garang May 16, 2013 - Political leaders and citizens with an interest in politics within the Bahr el Ghazal region will come together for a one week conference on Wednesday, where (...)
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