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Sudan's Copts See Hope in Appointment of First Christian

Mohammed Alamin

   KHARTOUM, SUDAN - Sudan's appointment of a Coptic Christian to the
   transitional ruling Sovereign Council has raised hopes that Christians
   will see equal rights after decades of oppression under former
   president Omar al-Bashir.

   Sudan's Coptic Christians celebrated in September after the first and
   only Christian, a Copt, was sworn in as a member of the ruling
   Sovereign Council.
   The ethno-religious Copts are indigenous to northeast Africa and,
   numbering about half a million, one of the largest Christian
   communities in Sudan.
   While the 11-member council will be in power for only a three-year
   transition to elections, the choice of Raja Nicola Issa Abdul-Masseh is
   seen by many Christians as a turning point.
   

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