Category - sudanese

Urgent action for peace is needed in Sudan

Giles Fraser — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 02:57:48 +0000

The UK must take urgent and decisive action to reinvigorate the peace processes in Sudan, says Giles Fraser. Only with real international leadership can we hope to realise our commitment to protect the dignity of human life in Sudan.

Sudan church leader warns of escalating violence

Ecumenical News International — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 19:51:40 +0100

Violence in southern Sudan is rife, with many women, children and elderly people among the victims, the new head of the Sudan Council of Churches, the Rev Ramadan Chan Liol, has warned.

Archbishop backs calls for new peace effort in Sudan

staff writers — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 04:50:43 +0100

Dr Rowan Williams is backing calls for a renewed commitment to sustainable peace in Sudan, an area of the world he has visited and has a strong personal commitment to.

Churches warn that Sudanese peace agreement is under threat

Stephen Brown — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 02:24:51 +0000

Church agencies and analysts have warned that the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) signed four years ago to put an end to a two-decade long civil war in Sudan is threatened with breakdown.

Sudanese President reaffirms will to work 'side by side' with churches

agency reporter — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 09:35:42 +0100

"We remain committed to work side by side with the churches", the president of Southern Sudan Salva Kiir Mayardit has told representatives of an international ecumenical delegation in Juba, Southern Sudan.

Southern Sudnese church leaders urge secession

staff writers — Fri, 12 Jan 2007 10:00:34 +0000

Two years after the signing of a peace agreement to end a 21-year-long civil war in Sudan, some church leaders in south Sudan are urging eventual secession for their region, saying Khartoum has failed to make unity attractive - writes Fredrick Nzwili for Ecumenical News International.

Lutheran world leader heads interfaith peace delegation in Sudan

staff writers — Tue, 09 Jan 2007 13:06:15 +0000

The General Secretary of the Lutheran World Federation (LWF), the Rev Dr Ishmael Noko, will lead an interfaith delegation to North and South Sudan from 9 to 13 January 2007 ‚Ä' reports LWI.

Peacemakers bring hope amid Darfur devastation

staff writers — Sat, 06 Jan 2007 15:26:06 +0000

Peacemakers are helping communities resolve differences and recover from violence in Sudan's Darfur region despite a devastating four-year-old war that has killed hundreds of thousands of civilians and is continuing to escalate - writes Tim Shenk of Mennonite Central Committee (MCC), the North American peace church development organisation.