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Bishops in South Sudan Demand Shift from “power-sharing” to “addressing root causes”

Oct 22, 2019

As the clock ticks on toward the formation of a unity government in South Sudan scheduled for November 12, Catholic Bishops and heads of dioceses in the country are calling for peace and justice and demanding for a shift from “power-sharing” to “addressing the root causes of the conflicts” affecting the people in the world’s newest nation.

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