Moru people

Moru people
Total population
230,000
Languages
Moru
Religion
Christianity, Islam
Related ethnic groups
Aringa, Lugbara, Màʼdí, Avukaya, Logo

Moru is an ethnic group of South Sudan. Most of them live in Western Equatoria. They speak Moru, a Central South Sudanic language. Many members of this ethnicity are Christians, most being members of the Episcopal Church of the South Sudan (ECS). The Pioneer missionary in the area was Dr Kenneth Grant Fraser of the Church Missionary Society (CMS). The population of this ethnicity possibly does not exceed 200,000.