South Sudan

Parts of South Sudan and Sudan are facing severe food shortages owing to flooding and the impact of war. This summer CSI carried out a food distribution in four badly affected areas. Project manager Franco Majok, who oversaw the hunger relief action, says the delayed start of the rainy season has aggravated matters.

Bishop Macram Max Gassis, a champion of religious freedom and long-standing supporter of CSI’s slave-liberation work in Sudan, has died aged 84.

The war that broke out in the Sudanese capital, Khartoum, has now spread south to the Nuba Mountains and Blue Nile, where many Christians live. The region is largely under the control of the rebel Sudan People’s Liberation Army-North and is coming under attack from Sudanese government forces. The situation has been aggravated by the arrival of tens of thousands of people displaced by the conflict. Local partner Benjamin Barnaba tells CSI a real human catastrophe is being played out.