Justice Welby Archives - Jean-Jacques Cornish https://jjcornish.com/tag/justice-welby/ The low down on African affairs Wed, 10 Apr 2019 22:00:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 https://i0.wp.com/jjcornish.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-Fountain_Pen_favicon-812.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Justice Welby Archives - Jean-Jacques Cornish https://jjcornish.com/tag/justice-welby/ 32 32 South Sudanese leaders in Vatican retreat https://jjcornish.com/2019/04/south-sudanese-leaders-in-vatican-retreat/ Wed, 10 Apr 2019 22:00:00 +0000 https://jjcornish.com/2019/04/south-sudanese-leaders-in-vatican-retreat/ South Sudanese political and religious leaders end a two-day retreat at the Vatican today ahead of entering into a unity government in Juba. The period of preaching, prayer and contemplation is designed to bolster the flagging peace deal signed last February in Africa’s youngest country. The retreat is led by Pope Francis and the Archbishop […]

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]]> South Sudanese political and religious leaders end a two-day retreat at the Vatican today ahead of entering into a unity government in Juba.

The period of preaching, prayer and contemplation is designed to bolster the flagging peace deal signed last February in Africa’s youngest country.

The retreat is led by Pope Francis and the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby.

Salva Kiir and Riek Machar are joined by three vice president and South Sudanese church leaders.

The International Crisis Group warns that the peace deal inked in February is faltering.

In terms of it, Kiir and Machar are due to  enter a unity government tomorrow.

Since splitting from Sudan in 2011, South Sudan has been torn by conflict that’s cost 

400 000 lives and uprooted a third of the 12-million population.

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