South Sudan

War in Sudan displaces over 500,000 to South Sudan. For the last ten months, thousands of people have fled the civil war in Sudan to Renk, a town just over the border in South Sudan. Conditions in Renk are bleak. Due to the high number of arrivals each day, refugee camps and gatherings are severely overcrowded. The transit center was only preparing to host 4,000 people but now harbors more than 23,000. Sanitation provision is woefully insufficient, with 200 people sharing one latrine. Cases of cholera, measles, and severe malnutrition are on the rise.

Father GOD, bless the Sudanese people fled for refuge in South Sudan with abundant supernatural provisions of all their basic needs (The Holy Bible, Psalms 132:15).

Pray for divine wisdom for the South Sudanese authorities to tackle the increasing humanitarian crisis in the country (The Holy Bible, 1 Kings 3:9).

Salva Kiir Mayardit is the President. and Abdalla Hamdok was appointed as Prime Minister by the Sovereignty Council on 21 August 2019, as part of the country’s transition to democracy.

South Sudan, a nation of roughly 11 million people, is seen as one of the most diverse nations in the region, consisting of more than 60 different ethnic groups. Around 60% of its population identifies as Christian. Although it attained independence from Sudan in 2011, in recent years, political disputes have largely fallen along ethnic lines. South Sudan is only recently emerging from a devastating, multiyear civil war. However, it has been mired in political instability and violence since 2013. Although the new outbreak of war caught the Church unprepared in South Sudan, it has played a major role in protecting people and mobilizing humanitarian support, and in mediating local peace and reconciliation processes rebuilding the capacity of the nation.