By Simon Martelli (AFP)
KHARTOUM — Easter in Sudan this year should be an occasion to celebrate the imminent secession of the mostly Christian south, but tribal violence and threats to reinforce sharia law in the north have muted festivities. "Our church here, it is a church of struggle. That is why in our songs, the congregation sings loudly and with the drums, just to emphasise their presence," said Father John Dingi, 66, a priest at the Catholic Cathedral in Khartoum. His congregation of mostly southern Sudanese has dwindled since the mass exodus of southerners from the mainly Arab Muslim north, leaving a vacuum in once-thriving church parishes...[continued]
