Pope makes final appeal for peace at end of South Sudan trip | Religion News
Catholic church head joined other Christian leaders in calling for a recommitment to the 2018 peace deal during the Africa
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Pope to meet war victims, raise plight of women in South Sudan | News
Pope Francis has said churches in South Sudan “cannot remain neutral” but must raise their voices against injustice and abuse
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South Sudan violence kills 27 on eve of pope’s visit | News
Pope Francis will arrive in Juba hoping to revive a peace process aimed at ending a decade-long conflict. Twenty-seven people
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Map: Which countries has Pope Francis visited? | Religion News
Pope Francis’ trip to the DRC is the first papal visit since John Paul II travelled there in 1985. Pope
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Why is Pope Francis visiting DRC and South Sudan? | Explainer News
Pope Francis next week will visit the Democratic Republic of the Congo and South Sudan to deliver a message of
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South Sudan’s displaced hope pope’s visit will bring peace | Conflict News
There are 2.2 million internally displaced people in South Sudan as a civil war that began in 2013 continues to
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Effort to eradicate Guinea worm disease enters ‘last mile’ | Health News
The final years of the eradication effort, led by the US’s Carter Center, will be the ‘most difficult’, expert says.
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Sudanese security forces tear-gas pro-democracy protesters | News
Thousands of demonstrators in Khartoum demand an end to military rule and justice for those killed since last year’s coup
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More than 9,000 flee violence in South Sudan’s Upper Nile: UN | Conflict News
Women and children make up the majority of those displaced as a result of the ‘ruthless conflict’ in the region.
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South Sudan to send 750 troops to join regional force in DRC | Conflict News
The troops are off to the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo to join a new regional force in trying to
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