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Bishop condemns assault on Catholic church in South Sudan

Dec 16
Ngala Killian Chimtom

Our Lady Queen of Africa Cathedral in El-Obeid, Sudan. (Credit: Wikipedia.)

Sudanese bishop speaks about being brutalized by soldiers

Dec 5
Ngala Killian Chimtom

A man walks by a house hit in recent fighting in Khartoum, Sudan, an area torn by fighting between the military and the notorious paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, April 25, 2023. (Credit: Marwan Ali/AP.)

Bishops worry there is ‘no chance for peace’ in Sudan as dialogue stalls

Nov 22
Ngala Killian Chimtom

Cardinal Stephen Ameyu Martin Mulla greets Pope Francis in 2023. (Creidit: Vatican Media.)

South Sudan cardinal says problems have increased despite independence

Oct 23
Ngala Killian Chimtom

Sudanese soldiers from the Rapid Support Forces unit, led by Gen. Mohammed Hamdan Dagalo, the deputy head of the military council, secure the area where Dagalo attends a military-backed tribe’s rally, in the East Nile province, Sudan, on June 22, 2019. (Credit: Hussein Malla/AP.)

Famine declared in Darfur region of Sudan, marking ‘world’s indifference’

Aug 3
Charles Collins

Sudanese soldiers from the Rapid Support Forces unit seen in the East Nile province of Sudan on June 22, 2019. (Credit: Hussein Malla/AP.)

Bishop says food is being used as a weapon in Sudan

Jul 5
Charles Collins

Bomb landed in Dar Mariam house, Khartoum, Sudan. (Credit: Aid to the Church in Need.)

Amid Sudan’s raging conflict, faith keeps a Catholic community alive

May 31
Ngala Killian Chimtom

This handout photo provided by World Relief shows emergency food being distributed by World Food Programme (WFP) and World Relief in Kulbus, West Darfur, Sudan, end of March 2024. (Credit: World Relief via AP.)

British Christian leaders say Sudan experiencing ‘forgotten conflict with no winners’

May 3
Charles Collins

Women and children collecting safe drinking water from a newly constructed water pump in White Nile State, Sudan. (Credit: CAFOD Sudan.)

Catholic aid agency launches emergency appeal to support ‘world’s worst crisis’ in Sudan

Apr 24
Charles Collins

On one-year anniversary of Sudan war, Caritas warns of humanitarian crisis

Apr 20
Ngala Killian Chimtom