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National church leader: Violence escalating in south Sudan

Violence in southern Sudan is rife, with many women, children and the elderly among the victims, the new head of the Sudan Council of Churches, the Rev. Ramadan Chan Liol, has warned.

Chan urged those responsible for the violence to cease their actions immediately in the south of the country, where four years ago an accord known as the Comprehensive Peace Agreement ended 21 years of civil war.

"The violence is getting serious," Chan, a Baptist minister, told Ecumenical News International in Nairobi on 23 September. "The worse thing is that there are killings of children, women and elderly people."

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[09/25/2009]

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