From Geneva Ill.
As Americans celebrated the nation’s independence this week, South Sudan in East Africa is preparing its own independence and part of that story has reached the western suburbs.
The story of South Sudan has nearly become lost in recent weeks with much of our world news coverage focused on economic meltdowns in Europe and the ongoing Arab Spring of revolutions.
Yet, South Sudan has a Geneva connection.
Malith Ajak is a Sudanese refugee who fled the war-torn country as a boy. He now lives in the Geneva area and works at Trader Joe’s and Continental Envelope in Geneva.
Ajak’s friend, Rev. Abraham Yel Nhial (pictured) , is a bishop with the Episcopal Church of Sudan. Nhial recently visited and preached at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church in Geneva.
Nhial returned to Sudan last week to be a spiritual leader for tens of thousands of Christians ahead of a South Sudan secession on Saturday. South Sudan would become the world’s newest nation, becoming the 193rd member of the United Nations.
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http://www.mysuburbanlife.com/geneva/features/x1721570537/Independence-struggle-in-Africa-has-Geneva-connection
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