"Southern Sudan's Struggle for Peace"

(24 Sept 2005 RV) ARMED CONFLICTS ARE BREWING IN SOUTHERN SUDAN; DESPITE LAST THURSDAY’S SWEARING IN OF THE FIRST POST-WAR NATIONAL GOVERNMENT, AFTER 21 YEARS OF WAR.
A REBEL FACTION OF THE SUDAN LIBERATION MOVEMENT (SLM) SAYS THAT IT HAS CAPTURED THE TOWN OF SHEIRIA, 45 MILES NORTHEAST OF THE CAPITAL OF SOUTH DARFUR STATE. THE REBELS SAY THE LOW EPRESENTATION OF KEY POSTS IN THE NEWLY FORMED SUDANESE GOVERNMENT IS UNACCEPTABLE; WHERE KEY MINISTRIES ARE STILL IN NORTHERN HANDS.
ARCHBISHOP PAOLINA LUKUDO LORO OF JUBA, THE CURRENT PRESIDENT OF THE SUDAN CATHOLIC BISHOP’S CONFERENCE UNDERSCORES THE PARTICULAR NUANCE TO THE PEACE AGREEMENT BY THE SOUTH...