{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Serve Globally Blog","provider_url":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/serveglobally","title":"A Call To Prayer For South Sudan - Serve Globally Blog","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"R2g0meTTAM\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/serveglobally\/2014\/02\/10\/a-call-to-prayer-for-south-sudan\/\">A Call To Prayer For South Sudan<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/serveglobally\/2014\/02\/10\/a-call-to-prayer-for-south-sudan\/embed\/#?secret=R2g0meTTAM\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;A Call To Prayer For South Sudan&#8221; &#8212; Serve Globally Blog\" data-secret=\"R2g0meTTAM\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/serveglobally\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","description":"On the first of this year, South Sudan\u2019s president declared a state of emergency due to intense rebel fighting and the spiraling violence that has demoralized the world\u2019s newest nation.\u00a0Covenant World Relief director Dave Husby, acknowledged that this is \u201ca huge humanitarian disaster\u201d grounded in ethnic conflict and has triggered more than 1,200 brutal civilian killings, displaced more than 500,000 people, stripped storehouses of food and aid, and left leaders crying out for humanitarian aid.\u00a0 \u00a0 The crisis erupted on December 15, 2013, when militia rebels loyal to the exiled Vice President Riek Machar attempted to overthrow President Salva Kiir. For several weeks, militia rebels numbering 15,000 at its peak have fought against government forces all over the country, but especially in the nation\u2019s capital of Juba. Former senior government official Jok Madut Jok has observed that at the bitter root of this crisis are \u201cunhealed wounds leftover from the civil war that preceded South Sudan\u2019s independence\u201d and a deficit of reconciliation on political and communal levels. \u00a0 On January 23, the Sudan Tribune reported that the Sudanese government and militia rebels signed a ceasefire agreement in Ethiopia\u2019s capital, with the hope that recovery could begin. But within ten hours [&hellip;]","thumbnail_url":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2014\/02\/south-sudan-conflict.gif"}