Churches in South Sudan are appealing for humanitarian assistance, amidst fears that the consequences of climate change, macro-economic shocks, and the war in Sudan could sink the country further into the worst humanitarian crisis since independence.
In Renk, a small South Sudanese town on the banks of the White Nile, churches are working to help thousands of people fleeing the war in the neighbouring Sudan.
During an ecumenical morning prayer held 15 May, the World Council of Churches (WCC) staff and partners observed the UN International Day of Living Together in Peace, holding in prayer many nations across the world facing challenges to living together in harmony.
Dans une lettre pastorale adressée aux Églises du Soudan du Sud et à Norwegian Church Aid, le secrétaire général du Conseil Œcuménique des Églises (COE), le pasteur Jerry Pillay, s’est déclaré choqué et attristé par l’attaque contre des véhicules de Norwegian Church Aid à Imehejek, Lopa Lafon, dans la région d’Équatoria-Oriental au Soudan du Sud.
In a pastoral letter to the churches of South Sudan and to Norwegian Church Aid, World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay expressed shock and sadness about the news of an attack on Norwegian Church Aid vehicles in Imehejek, Lopa Lafon, in the Eastern Equatoria region of South Sudan.
Le 10 mars, après avoir accueilli un pèlerinage de responsables religieux du monde entier, le Conseil des Églises du Soudan du Sud a publié une déclaration faisant écho à l’appel des responsables ecclésiaux prônant le recours à la non-violence afin de régler les problèmes de la nation.
After receiving a pilgrimage of global religious leaders, the South Sudan Council of Churches released a statement on 10 March echoing the church leaders’ call for nonviolent means to solve the nation’s problems.
As South Sudan readied to welcome visiting world Christian leaders, church officials in the country articulated a range of expectations, including a strong call for peace and reconciliation.
At the World Council of Churches 11th Assembly in Karlsruhe Germany, Jackcilia Salathiel Ebere will be carrying the voices of women from South Sudan who are crying for peace and justice.
Elisama Wani Daniel, de la Province de l’Église épiscopale du Soudan, a évoqué le rôle prophétique de l’Église pour aider le peuple du Soudan du Sud, qu’il décrit comme « un pays qui a souvent dû lutter au cours de son histoire ».
Elisama Wani Daniel, from the Province of the Episcopal Church of Sudan, spoke about the prophetic role of the church in helping the people of South Sudan, which he describes as “a country that has gone through many struggles in its history.”
When heads of Churches in South Sudan unveiled the Action Plan for Peace in the Rwandan Capital, Kigali in 2015, the immediate aim was to stop the war.
A church leader in South Sudan is urging the international community to keep its focus on the growing humanitarian crisis in the world’s youngest nation, as the globe beams its attention on the conflict in Ukraine.
Un responsable de l’Église au Soudan du Sud exhorte la communauté internationale à se concentrer sur la crise humanitaire de plus en plus grave qui fait rage dans la nation la plus jeune du monde, tandis que le conflit en Ukraine monopolise l’attention.
While the World Council of Churches (WCC) deeply appreciates peace-building efforts in South Sudan, the WCC is also calling attention to the dire circumstances in which the people of South Sudan are still forced to lead their daily lives.
Un responsable œcuménique du Soudan du Sud implore la communauté internationale de ne pas abandonner son pays, dont la première décennie d’indépendance est marquée par de nombreux épisodes de violence politique et ethnique.
An ecumenical leader in South Sudan has appealed to the world not to give up on his country, which during the first decade of its independence has repeatedly slid backward into political and ethnic violence.
The Ecumenical Network on South Sudan (Europe and North America Hub), on the occasion of International Peace Day on 21 September, released a call entitled “High Time for Peace and Accountability in South Sudan.”
South Sudan came into existence ten years ago this week, but there is little to celebrate for the world's newest nation, Rev. Fr James Oyet Latansio, general secretary of the South Sudan Council of Churches.