Church warns elections without trust could trigger constitutional crisis

South Sudan’s Catholic bishops have warned that holding the country’s planned December elections without political dialogue, mutual trust and full implementation of the 2018 peace agreement could plunge the country into a constitutional and transitional crisis. In a communiqué issued after their annual plenary meeting in Juba from 15 to 17 July, the bishops said […]
Bishops raise alarm over ceasefire breaches in South Sudan

The Catholic Bishops Conference has voiced grave concern over the continued violation of the permanent ceasefire by South Sudan’s peace partners. In a press statement delivered on Friday at the CRS compound in Juba, His Eminence Stephen Cardinal Ameyu Mulla, speaking on behalf of the bishops, described the security situation in the country as “volatile” […]