Anglican Communion News Service

The peace process in Sudan has reached a critical point. With less than five months before National Elections and just over one year to the referendum on southern self-determination, the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) is on the brink of collapse due to contentions over the referendum law, the demarcation of the 1st January 1956 borders, and violence recently perpetrated by other armed groups...

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The Province of the Episcopal Church of the Sudan elected seven new bishops in All Saints’ Cathedral, Juba on Saturday 24^th October 2009. Five of the seven are to be the first bishops of newly created dioceses, whilst two are replacing bishops who have retired this year from existing dioceses. The new dioceses that have gained their first bishops-elect are Terekeka, Pacong, Akot, Twic East and Nzara.

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On the evening of Friday 18th September 2009, former Archbishop of the Episcopal Church of the Sudan and Bishop of Juba, Dr. Joseph Marona, passed away at a relative's home in Khartoum, Sudan.

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On Saturday 29th August 2009 I received reports from Wernyol, Twic East County, Jonglei State, that there had been another attack on the peoples of the area in which over forty people – men, women and children – were killed. Amongst the dead were Ven. Joseph Mabior Garang, Archdeacon of Wernyol and Archbishop’s Commissary in the new Diocese of Twic East...

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The Archbishop of the Episcopal Church of the Sudan, the Most Rev’d Dr. Daniel Deng Bul Yak, has this week sent a petition, on behalf of his Church, the Church of Uganda and the Anglican Church in north eastern DR Congo, to the Prime Minister Gordon Brown.

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The Archbishop of the Sudan, the Most Revd Dr. Daniel Deng Bul, on the weekend was in Yambio on a tour of the Western Equatoria State ECS dioceses. On Sunday 14th September the Archbishop visited Ibba

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Amid joyful celebration and colourful ceremony, the Most Revd Daniel Deng Bul was enthroned April 20 as the fourth primate of the Episcopal Church of the Sudan (ECS) at All Saints Cathedral in Juba. The four-hour liturgy punctuated with cheers, applause, Dinka calls, and hymns of praise in English and Arabic was attended by bishops, priests and laity from the 24 ECS dioceses

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The Episcopal Church of Sudan (ECS) has elected the Rt Revd Daniel Deng Bul of the Diocese of Renk to serve as its next Primate. Bishop Deng will succeed Archbishop Joseph Marona, who retired on December 31st 2007 after serving eight years as Sudan's Primate.

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Sudanese Church leaders have decried the slow implementation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) signed between the Government of Sudan and the Sudan Peoples Liberation Army (SPLA) in January 2005. Grave concern has been expressed at the prevalence of violent conflicts and ethnic clashes in many parts of Southern Sudan, and at the lack of development and services to the people. More than eighteen months after peace was signed, critical elements of the agreement have yet to be implemented

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'Deliver' was the word Archbishop Rowan Williams used to get his message across as he spoke to the global powers and promise-makers via press, media and addressing the people of Sudan. He confronted daily with the vulnerability of the people and places he met on this his first visit to the church in Sudan.

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In the scorching sun amidst the desert sands, Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams preached Sunday morning at Emmanuel Church in Al Gariya camp (a displaced persons camp) an hour from Khartoum. Hundreds of people greeted the delegation at the church , a hut like edifice with a low mud back wall, with children peering through windows and openings to catch a glimpse of the world Anglican leader

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The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams has begun an 8 day visit to Sudan by telling the Christian community that they have been very much in his prayers. 'Day by day we remember you in our prayers. You are not forgotten here and when I return it will be a joy to share with fellow Christians in Britain what I have seen here and what I have learnt from you'

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The 8th Provincial Synod of the Episcopal Church of the Sudan, meeting in Juba from 23rd-29th January 2006, gives thanks to Almighty God for the opportunity to meet together in peace after 21 years of civil war

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Action for peace has already started in the disputed area of Abyei. Impatient for a full peace agreement to be signed between the Government of Sudan and the Sudan People's Liberation Movement/Army (SPLM/A), the people of Abyei are taking the initiative to try to resolve conflict and reduce tension in the area

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We, the Sudanese church leaders of the Sudan Council of Churches (SCC) met at the SCC Headquarters in Khartoum on 30 August 2004 to reflect on the current political situation in the country, in particular the issue of war and peace

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We, Church Leaders in New Zealand, are gravely concerned at the terrible tragedy developing in Darfur, Western Sudan; a disaster that the United Nations has described as the worst humanitarian crisis in the world. Over 1.2 million people have been forced to flee their homes and are now internally displaced or refugees in neighbouring Chad.

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Together with all the people of Sudan, I give thanks and praise to Almighty God for the signing which took place in Naivasha, Kenya, of Protocols to lead to a peace agreement between the Government of Sudan and the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA)

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We are writing to protest against recent action of Federal and State Authorities in Khartoum against the Episcopal Church of the Sudan (ECS).

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Over 40 Anglican and Catholic bishops from Sudan have supported current talks to bring lasting peace in the country.

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Episcopal Relief and Development is providing critical food supplies to the Western Equatoria region in southern Sudan devastated by drought and war.

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Bishop Taban went on to stress the urgent need to conclude nearly 20 years of civil war in Sudan with a just and sustainable peace agreement for the entire country.

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The Sudanese church leaders have been monitoring events following the resumption of the peace talks between the Government of the Sudan (GoS) and the Sudan People's Liberation Movement/Army (SPLM/A) in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, with much anxiety and concern. The gross violation of the Memorandum of Understanding regarding cessation of hostilities by the GoS, resulting in the attack of SPLM/A positions in Upper Nile and the subsequent capture of Leer town on January 26, is an apparent indication of a flagrant attempt to jeopardise the peace talks.

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What follows is an edited version of the presentation made by Bishop Michael Lugör at the Anglican Consultative Council that met in late September in Honk Kong.

I would like to draw your attention of the words found in Isaiah 18:2. "Go, swift messengers, to a people tall and smooth-skinned, to a people feared far and wide, an aggressive nation of strange speech whose land is divided by rivers."

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Representatives of the Episcopal Church's Office of Government Relations were present October 21 when President George W. Bush signed into law a bill designed to pressure Sudan's Islamic government to end its military campaign against Christians, animists and moderate Muslims in the country's central and southern regions. The bill, called the Sudan Peace Act, threatens sanctions if the Sudanese government doesn't negotiate in good faith with the opposition.

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Bombing raids that target hospitals and children playing in yards. Sunday church services meeting before dawn to avoid attack. Military helicopters machine-gunning village livestock. This has been daily life for Southern Sudanese for many years. However, negotiations look set to end the violence perpetrated by Sudan's Islamic government and give Southern Sudan autonomy.

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Archbishop Joseph Marona has just returned from a demanding two-week pastoral visit up in the Nuba Mountains. The Archbishop’s visit crossed the military front-line under the terms of the local cease-fire agreed earlier in the year and involved strenuous climbs to remote church centres.

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Former Missouri senator John Danforth has concluded, after two difficult trips to the Sudan as President George W Bush's special envoy, that the United States should support international efforts to push both sides in the civil war towards a compromise.

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The Together for Peace office - through which both Together for Sudan and The Bishop Mubarak Scholarship for Nuba Women work - is filled with energy, ideas and people, many of whom are volunteers.

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A new Bishop of Kadugli has been elected by the Episcopal Church of the Sudan. The election went ahead yesterday in All Saints’ Cathedral, Khartoum, despite earlier attempts by a dissident group to disrupt the proceedings.

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We, the Bishops of the Catholic and Episcopal Churches of the Sudan, gathered in Nairobi for a seminar, Pastoral Leadership and United Action in a Crisis Situation, from 12-17 August 2001, moved by our Christian Faith and concerned by the immense suffering of all the Peoples of Sudan because of the current civil war, appeal for an immediate end of the hostilities and the establishment of a just and durable peace in the Sudan.

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