Juba, South Sudan
Mahaz News
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Pope Francis arrived in Juba, South Sudan on Friday fulfilling a long-time want to go to the war-ravaged nation, presently within the midst of a significant humanitarian emergency.

In a primary, the Pope is endeavor the journey along with the top of the Anglican Communion, Archbishop Justin Welby, and the Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, Rt. Rev. Iain Greenshields, representing the three Christian church buildings that make up the vast majority of the inhabitants in South Sudan.

“South Sudan, wrecked by years of war, longs for an end to the constant violence that forces many people to be displaced and live in conditions of great hardship,” the Pope stated earlier than leaving Rome for Africa on Tuesday.

South Sudan is experiencing the third largest refugee disaster on the planet, in accordance with the UN Refugee Agency. Some 4 million refugees have fled the nation or are internally displaced in South Sudan, over half of whom are youngsters.

South Sudan gained independence from Muslim-majority Sudan in 2011 after many years of battle solely to plunge into civil battle two years later when preventing erupted between these loyal to President Salva Kir and people allied with Vice-President Riek Machar, who’s from a special ethnic group.

In April 2019, the Pope held a non secular retreat on the Vatican for political and non secular leaders in South Sudan, and in an unprecedented gesture he knelt down and kissed the ft of President Kir and Vice-President Machar.