A Church leader in the Sudan is urging Christians in South Sudan not to forget them, exposing some of the challenges they face in their present context.
Auxiliary Bishop Daniel Adwok of Khartoum called on Christians to pray for the Christians in the Sudan, explaining that the decision to leave the North and return to the South is not an easy one to make.Bishop Adwok revealed that the Christians in Sudan are faced with a negative attitude from the general public that seems keen on living by last year’s Presidential Decree of Islamizing the nation with Sharia law.
The bishop spoke about the financial challenges the Catholic schools in the Sudan are facing.
He added that the Church in the Sudan is considering closing down some of its schools.
Citizenship is one of the many issues being discussed between the Republic of Sudan and the Republic South Sudan.
It is reported that Sudan’s governing National Congress Party (NCP) has reaffirmed refusal to granting dual-citizenship to South Sudanese. South Sudan, on the contrary, has pledged to grant citizenship to Sudanese.