Pope called war sides in Sudan to reach peace through dialogue  

RELIGIONS NEWS AGENCY (REDNA) – Pope Francis has appealed for dialogue in Sudan as the country experiences its third day of war, with two rival generals leading armies equipped with guns and war planes, battling it out in Khartoum in a dispute over  transitioning to civilian rule.

Around 200 people have been killed in the fighting which began on Saturday.

The Pope visited South Sudan earlier this year, with the Archbishop of Canterbury and the moderator of the Church of Scotland, to appeal for peace in the south where war and famine have claimed almost half a million lives.

There are fears that the war in the north will further destabilise the south.

The Pope said: “I am close to the Sudanese people, who have already been through so much”.