AFRICA : SOUTH SUDAN : BISHOPS POSTPONE ASSEMBLY

CISA NEWS REPORT:
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KHARTOUM, May 11, 2012 (CISA) –The Bishops of Sudan and South Sudan have postponed their annual Plenary Assembly because of tensions between the two countries, read a message sent by the Secretary General of the Episcopal Conference, the Sudan Catholic Bishops’ Conference (SCBC).
The Plenary Assembly was scheduled to be held in Juba, South Sudan from June 12 to 17.
The message further said that the holding of the meeting will depend on political developments.
According to Fides, South Sudan has accused Khartoum of bombing several locations in its territory, in the Upper Nile, Unity and Western Bahr el-Ghazal. Both Khartoum and Juba claim to respect a cease-fire agreement imposed by a UN Security Council resolution of May 4.
Meanwhile, on Thursday May 10, the South Sudan said that it was ready to reopen negotiations with its northern neighbor, Sudan, to try to resolve oil, security and frontier disputes that ignited border fighting last month.

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