Apr 19, 2009 / 17:21 pm
St. Mary’s University of Juba, a Catholic university in the south Sudan, was officially inaugurated on April 16.
The Sudan Tribune said that the new university is the second in Juba, the capital of the semi-autonomous region that is recovering from more than 20 years of civil war. Students began classes last month.
The university’s inauguration was officiated by Southern Sudan’s state Minister of Gender, Social Welfare and Religious Affairs Mary Kiden Kimbo, the Catholic Information Service for Africa (CISA) reports.
She officiated on behalf of President Salva Kiir Mayardit.