A clash between cattle herders and armed men has killed 27 people in South Sudan as the country prepares to welcome Pope Francis.
February 3, 2023 4:09 PM
The Pope is set to arrive in South Sudan on Friday for a three-day “pilgrimage of peace” alongside the Archbishop of Canterbury and the moderator of the general assembly of the Church of Scotland.in the Democratic Republic of Congo , marking the end of the first leg of his two-nation 40th apostolic journey abroad.
On Thursday, armed herders killed 21 civilians including five children and a pregnant woman in a reprisal attack on a rival cattle camp in Kajo-Keji county of Central Equatoria.
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