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Rebel bishops attend ceremony by Archbishop of Canterbury

    NAIROBI

    The Archbishop of Canterbury visited the besieged government-held capital of Juba in south Sudan and called for peace. George Carey, spiritual leader of the world’s Anglicans, addressed a huge congregation gathered on Sunday for the enthronement of the new Anglican Archbishop of Juba, Joseph Marona. Reuters reported that residents contacted by telephone said almost three quarters of the 250,000 people living in Juba had tried to attend the ceremony, which included three bishops based in territory controlled by the SPLA. Khartoum’s pro-government ‘Alwan’ newspaper reported that hundreds of people from rebel-held areas had been allowed by the government to enter Juba for the enthronement, in response to a request by Carey.

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