SOLIDARITY WITH S. SUDAN - As the South Sudan marks its fifth anniversary, the Amnesty International in a new report, entitled “Our Hearts Have Gone Dark”: The Mental Health Impact of South Sudan’s Conflict, documents the psychological impact of mass killings, rape, torture, abductions and even a case of forced cannibalism...

SOUTH SUDAN - South Sudan is at civil war since the end of 2013. Serious hostilities among the different ethnic groups did not end with any of the many ceasefires signed since January 2014, nor with the formation of a unity government. While some areas of the country are more affected by violence than others, war and its consequences are very much...

SOUTH SUDAN - Last week, Information Minister, Michael Makuei Lueth, in a televised statement on the state-owned South Sudan Broadcasting Corporation publicly admitted that the government is broke and has no money to pay for both public and civil servants. He called on the civil servants, who have not been paid for three months...

SOUTH SOUDAN - "Pollution of the water, of the land, of the air; deforestation and cutting of trees, burning the forests, overgrazing and desertification and oil exploitation as the major income for the country but as a grave polluting agent". These are the human and natural threats that South Sudan has to face, according to the religious operating...

SOUTH SUDAN - The Religious Superiors Association of South Sudan (RSASS), a Catholic Church’s entity, representing more than 500 members, Religious Sisters, Brothers and Priests, has issued a communiqué following a three days conference on the Encyclical Letter of Pope Francis "Laudato Si. RSASS Executive Body will hand over this communiqué...

SOUTH SUDAN - Report on funding and development Center for Human, Pastoral and Spiritual Formation, Peace Building and Trauma Healing for South Sudanese and Church Personnel - lay, clergy and religious in Kit near Juba, SOUTH SUDAN. Dear Friends, Donors, Sponsors and Benefactors. Peace be with you! We are glad to send you...

ROME - Employment conditions - a relatively quiet office located in Rome, conveniently situated, where the ideal candidate would essentially become part of a dedicated team trying to assist one of the most impoverished nations on earth – South Sudan. ROME FINANCE OFFICER – JOB DESCRIPTION.This position reports to the Associate Executive...

SOLIDALITY WITH S. SUDAN - The fragile peace continues to hold and peace talks are soon to begin again; but we seem no nearer to a permanent solution and a clear roadmap for moving forward in South Sudan. A recent report from The Sudd Research Institute provided this table of statistics. I presume ‘security’ covers the military. The Rule of Law...

SOLIDARITY WITH S. SUDAN - Dear Friends, For Solidarity with South Sudan 2015 has seen a busy few months as things continue to progress. At present Solidarity has 32 members working in South Sudan from 19 congregations and 18 countries. (18 Sisters, 1 lay woman, 4 priests, 8 Brothers and 1 layman.) The CHTI in Wau saw 2015...

SOLIDALITY WITH S. SUDAN - The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) has pleaded with South Sudan’s warring factions to allow delivery of three hundred and thirty-five thousand metric tons of relief food as well as essentials to different parts of that country.  vulnerable Communities need to be reached soon...

SOLIDARITY WITH S. SUDAN - Greetings to you all.  It has been a busy year for Solidarity with South Sudan.  The ongoing disruption within the country while no longer pulling media attention as it did at the end of last year, has continued to provide challenges for us as we move forwards.  While we had to redeploy members from Malakal, due to the violence which resulted...

SOLIDALITY WITH S. SUDAN - Norway has donated approximately $10 million to help FAO provide conflict-affected farmers, fishers and herders in South Sudan with critical livelihood support.Norway’s gift will allow FAO to distribute emergency livelihood kits – including crop seeds, fishing tools, vegetable seeds and livestock health kits – to an additional 50 000 vulnerable...

SOLIDALITY WITH S. SUDAN - More than 1.5 million people have been displaced by violence in South Sudan since mid-December, including around 378000 people who are sheltering in neighboring countries. The signing of a peace agreement on 9 May between the warring parties raised hopes of a return to stability; however, the security situation remains tense...

SOLIDALITY WITH S. SUDAN -The people of South Sudan need to know they are not forgotten. South Sudan is the newest country in the world, an independent African nation since 2011. Yet few of us have even heard of it. Soon it could become a household name for all the wrong reasons. As conflict rages within its borders, the young nation teeters on the brink of famine...

MESSAGES - We, the 75 representatives of 29 Catholic Religious Congregations belonging to the Religious Superiors’ Association of South Sudan that carry on evangelization offering various services in Church schools, dispensaries, hospitals and pastoral activities in dozens of parishes and missions across the seven Dioceses...

APPEAL - “During the night, Paul had a vision. A Macedonian stood before him and implored him with these words: ‘ Come over to Macedonia and help us’” (Acts: ch. 16, v.9). Greetings of peace to you. We, the Bishops of South Sudan, gathered in conference in Juba are moved to write to...

MESSAGES - “Let us refound our Nation on a New Covenant” is the pastoral exhortation from the Bishops of Sudan and South Sudan, issued following their extraordinary Plenary assembly in Juba, South Sudan from 21^st – 31^st January 2014. “The Lord said to Moses, 'Go down at once! Your people, whom you brought up...