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Tools for the Sudan project to bring a new beginning for refugees

[St. George's Episcopal Church in Fredericksburg, Virginia] “..Give a man a fish and he’ll eat for a day but teach a man to fish and he’ll eat for years.  Give a boy/man the right tools and there is no stopping him!”

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Faith leaders assess South Sudan's progress on nation's anniversary

6 July [ENInews]-As South Sudan prepares to mark its first anniversary as a nation on 9 July, Christian leaders said it has made positive progress, but also highlighted significant problems.

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Sudan: Islamic Fundamentalists Attack Church in Sudanese Capital and Set It On Fire

Khartoum - An Islamic fundamentalist group in Sudan made an attempt to bring down a church in the capital Khartoum and eventually managed to set it on fire.

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Church groups express concern over escalating Sudan conflict

[Ecumenical News International] Reacting to some of the worst fighting between Sudan and South Sudan since the southern country achieved independence last July, two international church groups on April 17 expressed “grave concern” and called for an immediate ceasefire.

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Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town sends Message to the Archbishop of Sudan on Latest Violence

The Most Revd Dr Thabo Makgoba, Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town has written to the Most Revd Dr Daniel Deng Bul Yak, Archbishop of the Episcopal Church of the Sudan, expressing the support of his church in the light of increasing tension and violence between Sudan and South Sudan.

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Archbishops Visit to Bor Town, Jonglei State

Archbishop Daniel Deng along with a provincial support team travelled to Bor in order to meet with the newly-formed Inter-Church Committee for Peace, Mediation and Reconciliation.

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Persecution Increased Most in Sudan, Nigeria, Report Says

Open Doors’ 2012 World Watch List ranks countries where Christians suffered in 2011.

Sudan and northern Nigeria saw steeper increases in persecution against Christians than 48 other nations where Christians suffered abuse last year, according to an annual ranking by Christian support organization Open Doors.

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South Sudan, agencies aid victims of inter-ethnic fighting

17 January (ENI news). Christian humanitarian agencies are delivering relief aid to thousands of people displaced in inter-tribal conflict in South Sudan, the world's newest nation.

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Sudanese gather in New York to urge the UN to stop 'ethnic cleansing' in S. Kordofan

By Gisela Perez-Mauri, The Sudan Tribune

About one hundred Sudanese and South Sudanese citizens gathered outside the United Nations on Friday to push the international community to take action on ongoing killings and bombings in Sudan’s South Kordofan, a state bordering South Sudan, after reports of heavy fighting in June and satellite images of alleged mass graves last month.

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Sudanese bishop tells congressional committee of "war of horror"

By Lily Hough, IPS

Witnesses' chilling depictions of a new Sudanese genocide at an emergency congressional hearing Thursday quelled any remnants of doubt that a humanitarian crisis is unfolding in the Nuba mountain region of South Kordofan.

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Sudanese clergy seek to give aid in South Kordofan

By Fredrick Nzwili ENI in Nairobi, Kenya

The government must allow humanitarian access to civilians who have been displaced by the fighting in Sudan's South Kordofan state, Sudanese clergy said, amid reports of continued bombardment in the Nuba Mountains.

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After armed robbery Sudanese head appeals: "Help us build a wall around our school"

By ACNS staff

A Sudanese headmaster has made an urgent appeal for help after armed thugs broke in to his diocesan school and left a security guard for dead.

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More Anglicans offer support to strife-engulfed Sudan

From Anglican Diocese of Melbourne

Anglicans from Melbourne and all over the world are offering prayers and support to Sudan and striving to find ways to help the chaos-torn nation, which is soon to be split into two separate countries.

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London Christians answer Sudanese bishop's call for prayer and fasting

From The Community of the Hands and Feet

Christians from across the British capital joined together to pray outside the Sudanese Embassy in London on Sunday to honour a call for solidarity with the people of Sudan.

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Sudan conflict kills civilians, and opens old scars in Melbourne

By Jane Still, Communications Manager, Anglicord

Anglicans in Melbourne, where large numbers of Sudanese refugees have settled, have expressed deep concern about escalating violence in Sudan that threatens to plunge the beleaguered country into another civil war.

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Anglican agencies to work together on humanitarian crisis in Sudan

The Anglican Alliance is co-ordinating with Anglican agencies to provide support for the Episcopal Church in Sudan during the current humanitarian crisis.

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Southern Africa Archbishop writes to brother Primate in Sudan, calls for end to violence

On Africa Day, 25th May 2011, Archbishop Dr Thabo Makgoba, wrote this open letter to his colleague, the Most Revd Daniel Deng Bul Yak, the Archbishop of the Sudan

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Australian diocese launches MP3 player appeal to help Sudanese community

From the website of the Anglican Diocese of Gippsland

An appeal has been launched by the diocesan Sudanese Ministry based in Moe to help fund an English-speaking program for the Sudanese.

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Anglican microfinance initiative "keeping Sudanese husbands faithful"

A group of women in southern Sudan who have set up their own Body Shop-style business producing and selling women’s cosmetics are suggesting that the fragrances can keep men faithful.

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"We will remain one united church", bishops tells Sudan.

The Episcopal Church of Sudan will remain one united church regardless of political boundaries, Sudanese bishops said in a statement following their House of Bishops meeting in Juba.

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