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CAFOD calls for peace in Sudan and South Sudan

We have expressed grave concern over the deteriorating relationship in recent weeks between Sudan and South Sudan, and call on supporters to add their voices and prayers to the international calls for peace.

Please pray for peace for the people of Sudan and South Sudan>>

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Sudan Peace Action

The 9th of July marked a momentous occasion – the birth of South Sudan as an independent nation. In the midst of East Africa’s devastating drought, this can be a time of hope for both North and South Sudan.

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Novena for Sudan

Join the people of Sudan in prayer with this Novena, created by the Sudan Catholic Bishops’ Conference. For nine days we are invited to look prayerfully at Jesus’ life and at some principles of the Church’s Catholic Social Teaching.

Hold the UK government to its promises: Write to your MP

Please write to or email your MP, urging them to call on the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) and the Department for International Development (DfID) to promote long-term peace in Sudan.

Smoke rise from burnt homes in Abyei [REUTERS/Stuart Price/UNMIS courtesy of alertnet]

Sudan: Obama echoes CAFOD’s call for peace

In his speech to Parliament in May, Barack Obama echoed CAFOD’s call for peace in Sudan.

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The Hassa Hissa Camp for internally displaced persons, outside Zalingei in Sudan's violence-torn Darfur region [Paul Jeffrey]

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Published on 29/03/2006, last updated on 03/02/2012

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Bdria (pictured) and her family were forced by fierce fighting to run away from their home. Give to the Darfur & Chad Appeal
A women in Hassa Hissa camp, near Zalingei, west Darfur. [Paul Jeffrey] Darfur & Chad Emergency - latest
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