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Italian bishops’ conference donates 1M euros to South Sudan
July 11, 2019
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CWN Editor's Note: The nation of 10.2 million (map), most of whose people are animist or Christian, gained independence from largely Muslim Sudan in 2011.The South Sudanese Civil War began in 2013; the government and a leading rebel group signed a peace agreement in September 2018. The war has left 400,000 dead and displaced over 3.6 million civilians.
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