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December 16, 2013

Call to prayer for South Sudan

Posted 8:38pm

The Africa Office of World Mission is asking for prayer for the current crisis in South Sudan. The BBC reports, “South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir says an attempted coup by soldiers loyal to his former deputy Riek Machar has been put down. …. The alleged attempted coup is a manifestation of months of political unrest,… Read more »

October 20, 2013

Addressing the root causes of the conflict in South Sudan

Posted 10:04am

From Presbyterian World Mission Find ways to support our sisters and brothers in South Sudan. The government of South Sudan has recently taken laudable steps to halt killings and human rights abuses by members of the armed forces, but South Sudan’s people still face multiple threats from inter-ethnic tensions, entrenched patterns of violence, natural disasters… Read more »