Presbyterian Archbishop Elias Taban [Photo: Radio Tamazuj]
The Archbishop of the Evangelical Presbyterian Church (EPC) South Sudan has been elected the new regional evangelical president for the North-East Africa region.
The elections were held at a regional assembly conference in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa at the end of last month.
Archbishop Elias Taban has in the recent past worked as the president of the Evangelical Alliance in South Sudan and a mediator for the SPLA-IO break-away groups in 2017.
With the new assignment, Elias Taban will oversee Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Eretria, Djibouti, Sudan, Ethiopia, and South Sudan as the new regional president.