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The Kadiro of South Sudan

The Kadiro of South Sudan, numbering approximately 8,100 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are one of the five traditional dialect divisions of the Moru people in South Sudan's Western Equatoria, whose communal memory preserves accounts of nineteenth-century Azande raids and Ottoman-Egyptian slave raiders that drove them onto refuge hills near Lui. They mostly adhere to Animism and Moru is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 2.5 Flash: Kadiro

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: South Sudan
People Cluster: Sudanic
Primary Language(s): Moru (mgd)
Primary Religion(s): Animism
Population: 8,100
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, Concentrated CP Activity
People Group ID: PG012051

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Pray for the Kadiro of South Sudan

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Animism
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

50%
%
Animism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Moru
Language Family: Central Sudanic

100%
%
Moru Speakers

Media Resources in Moru:

Films:
TitleLink
JESUSView Film

1 film

Provided by the Jesus Film Project

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Bible Resources in Moru:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
1996 The Bible Society of South Sudan✓✓✓

1 entry

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Moru bible at Bible.com

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Kadiro are Engaged yet Unreached, which means there are less than 2% evangelical Christian populations but there are sustained efforts at establishing self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice.

Next steps for the Kadiro:
Continue prayer and fasting for this group
Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting among this group
Begin training up local leaders to lead and develop strategies to reach their own people

Pray specifically for the Kadiro of South Sudan

And the people of Israel went into the midst of the sea on dry ground, the waters being a wall to them on their right hand and on their left.
readExodus 14:22

Pray that the God who split the sea so that the Israelites might pass through would do another great work among these people, softening the hearts of those who remain lost to the good news and saving them from their sins.

Greet also the church in their house. Greet my beloved Epaenetus, who was the first convert to Christ in Asia."
readRomans 16:5

Pray for houses to be meeting places for Christians and that God will advance the gospel and grow His Church through natural familial and community relationships.

For you were straying like sheep, but have now returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.
read1 Peter 2:25

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will proclaim the good news and the lost will recognize their need for the Shepherd and turn to Jesus Christ in faith.

For great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised; he is to be feared above all gods.
readPsalm 96:4

Pray that God will raise up believers to declare His glory among the lost, so that they may know that He is great and greatly to be praised, that He is exalted above all gods.

Kadiro Across Countries (ROP3 - 115823) reported in the following countries:

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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
KadiroPG012051KadiroSouth Sudan8,100Engaged yet UnreachedMoruAnimism

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