St. Mark’s Center of the Coptic Orthodox Church in Wau town has reportedly been ransacked several times during and after the recent fighting, disrupting water projects being implemented by the church in the area.
Bishop Yusuf Ramadan Yusuf said in a press statement that the building comprises of a preaching centre and one nursery school as well as one primary school at Bazia residential area in Wau town.
He further said the looted prosperities amounted to 200,000 SSP including solar power panels for water projects. Yusuf pointed out that the current situation forced them to halt all developmental projects.
The religious leader called on the relevant authorities to provide security for developmental projects in South Sudan. He also called or peace and stability for the sake of human resource management and urban development in South Sudan.