As South Sudan turns 10, questions over the role of the church emerge amid anti-clerical violence
ON July 9, 2021, South Sudan will celebrate its 10th anniversary of independence – but it does so amid concern over violence in the young nation. CHRISTOPHER TOUNSEL, Assistant Professor of History and African Studies, Penn State Recent attacks on two Catholic priests have also put a focus on the role of the church in South Sudan. The country’s freedom was achieved after two lengthy civil wars against its now northern neighbour, Sudan, in which religious identity played a key role. During the second of these wars, from 1983 to 2005, the Sudanese government attempted to fashion the country as…
