June 1, 2008 Corruption stunts growth of new nation

The cover of the pamphlet makes you want to look away: a naked child – perhaps a teenager – holds a younger child whose skin is stretched taut over his bones. The smaller child is obviously starving, his eyes downcast....

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June 1, 2008 Canadian church supports Sudan

The Anglican Church of Canada has strong ties to the Episcopal (Anglican) Church of Sudan (ECS). Since the signing of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement in 2005, the national church’s partnerships department has provided grants...

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June 1, 2008 About Sudan

Anglican Journal editor Leanne Larmondin travelled to south Sudan from March 26 to April 3 with an international, ecumenical delegation representing the World Council of Churches (WCC) and the All Africa Conference of Churches....

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June 1, 2008 Lasting peace can be elusive in battered Sudan

From a distance, it appears to be one huge palm tree, perhaps four metres around the tremendous trunk. Upon closer inspection, though, it becomes clear that another tree has grown up and around the palm tree, its gnarly shoots – as big as a man’s forearms – crisscrossing each other and creeping into every crevice of the palm. The two trees appear to be hugging each other.

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May 1, 2008 About Sudan

Anglican Journal editor Leanne Larmondin travelled to south Sudan from March 26 to April 3 with an international, ecumenical delegation representing the World Council of Churches (WCC) and the All Africa Conference of Churches....

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May 1, 2008 Republic of the Sudan

Area: 2.5 million sq. km.; the largest country in Africa; about the size of Ontario and Quebec combinedCities: Capital: Khartoum /Omdurman, Port Sudan, Juba (capital of South Sudan), Wau, Rumbek, YeiPopulation: (2005 est.): 39.3...

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May 1, 2008 Traveler’s Notebook

TOO COOL: From the air, the roofs of Sudanese houses look like tiny coolie hats. The traditional huts are made of mud, clay and grass with thatched roofs; they can be round, square or rectangular, and are called tukuls...

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May 1, 2008 Election sign of hope for united church

The Episcopal Church of Sudan, which recently elected Bishop Daniel Deng Bul of the diocese of Renk as its next primate (national archbishop), has been divided in recent years. The split came about after Gabriel Roric Jur, bishop...

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May 1, 2008 Education is key as Sudan moves to ‘culture of peace’

Sudan appears to be a country in waiting. Waiting for a crucial census that will clarify for the first time since 1993 the population figures in the north and the semi-autonomous south Sudan.

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May 1, 2008 No ‘quick fix’ for country’s problems

One of the lessons that a delegation of church leaders has learned from a recent visit to Sudan is that after 21 years of civil war, there is “no quick fix” available for Africa’s biggest country, said Rev. Samuel Kobia, general secretary of the World Council of Churches.

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