Displaced Christians in Sudan Sentenced to Prison

Rights advocates say they were targeted with false charges.

JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – A court in Sudan has sentenced seven Christians to prison terms of five and seven years on false charges of theft, sources said. The displaced Christians in Shendi, River Nile state, who had been tortured by Military Intelligence agents after they were arrested on Jan. 14, are now serving […]

Authorities in Sudan Arrest, Torture Seven Displaced Christians

Military Intelligence falsely accuses them of theft, sources say.

JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – Intelligence agents of the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) on Jan. 14 arrested and tortured at least seven Christians in Shendi, about 150 kilometers (93 miles) northeast of Khartoum, sources said. The members of the Sudanese Church of Christ had sought refuge in areas controlled by the SAF from the […]

Christian in Sudan Loses Wife, Home for Converting

Muslim family disowns him and compels divorce.

JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – The Muslim family of a young man in Sudan’s Darfur Region has disowned him and compelled his wife to divorce him because he converted to Christianity, an area source said. The convert in El Geneina, capital of West Darfur state, put his faith in Christ in January of last […]

Authorities in Sudan Ban Christmas Service

Christians are told worship not allowed in ‘Muslim area.’

JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – Authorities in Sudan prevented Christians internally displaced by war from celebrating Christmas in a park where they had taken refuge, sources said. In Northern state’s town of Wadi Halfa, the internally displaced Christians were shocked when security officials at the park where they had set up make-shift shelters told […]

Church Prayer Service Attacked in Sudan, Injuring 14 Christians

Paramilitary RSF militants seriously injure congregation members.

NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Militants of the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) attacked a church prayer service in Sudan’s Al Jazirah state on Monday (Dec. 30), wounding 14 Christians, sources said. In the town of Al Hasaheisa, the militants mounted the assault as 177 Christians of the Sudanese Church of Christ (SCOC) were praying […]

Another Church Building Bombed in Sudan

Air strike by Sudanese Air Force hits homes and worship site.

JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – Another church building was targeted in Sudan on Friday (Dec. 20) in an air strike by the Sudanese Air Force (SAF) that also destroyed at least five houses of civilians, the church pastor said. Pastor Philemon Hassan Kharata of the Baptist Church in Khartoum North’s Al-Azba area said a […]

Sudanese Christian Mother Firm in Faith Despite Attack

Muslim husband attacked her with knife in refugee camp in South Sudan.

JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – A Sudanese refugee in South Sudan who suffered a knife attack by her Muslim husband four months ago for converting to Christianity faces daily pressure to renounce her faith, sources said. Halima Mohammed Ali, a mother of five children ranging in age from 1.5 to 14, has remained with […]

Catholic Bishop Beaten, Left for Dead in Sudan

Islamist militants from rival sides each attack church leaders.

JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – Members of the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in Sudan severely wounded a Catholic bishop over the weekend (Nov. 30-Dec. 2), shortly after soldiers from the rival Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) had harassed and robbed him, sources said. The RSF militants left for dead Yunan Tombe Trille Kuku Andali, […]

Displaced Christians in Sudan Driven from Homes

Muslim residents expel more than 30 people for their faith.

JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – Muslims in Sudan’s River Nile state on Oct. 19 drove 34 displaced Christians from their homes, sources said. The Muslim residents of the El Matamah area of Al-Makniya told the Christians of Nuba Mountains ancestry who had fled military conflict in Omdurman, near Khartoum, that they did not want […]

Christians Caught between Warring Islamist Factions in Sudan

Militants force some to convert to Islam.

(Christian Daily International) – Christians in Sudan are caught between two fighting factions, with each military group accusing them of siding with the other, an advocacy group said. In Gezira state southeast of Khartoum, where rebel militants of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) are forcing Christians in Al Thora Mobe village to convert to Islam, […]