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 […]
Sudanese Christian Mother Firm in Faith Despite Attack
Muslim husband attacked her with knife in refugee camp in South Sudan.
December 18, 2024 By - Leave a Comment
Christian Refugee Mother from Sudan Attacked for Her Faith
Persecution by husband compounds pain of displacement.
April 17, 2024 By - Leave a Comment
JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – Among the 8 million people who have fled military conflict in Sudan is a mother who lost two babies to illness and was beaten for putting her faith in Christ. Fatima Adam, 41, said she still has pain in the joints and bones of the leg that her Muslim […]
Christian Mother from Sudan Beaten in Refugee Camp
About 2,000 displaced converts from Islam at risk of persecution, church leader says.
February 14, 2024 By - Leave a Comment
JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – Among the estimated 2,000 displaced Sudanese who are converts from Islam is a mother of seven children whose husband beat her upon learning of her Christian faith, sources said. Hawa Ismail Abdalla, 44, received medication for head injuries after her Muslim husband beat her on Dec. 27 at the […]
Former Muslim from Sudan Forced into Hiding
Father of seven says he was miraculously healed.
March 10, 2020 By - Leave a Comment
JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – It was more than a year ago that Muslims in the disputed area between Sudan and South Sudan noticed that Ahmed Alnour was no longer reciting his Islamic prayers five times a day. The tribesman of the ethnic Misseriya Arabs was helping support his wife and seven children […]
Muslim Extremists from Sudan Suspected of Burning Church Building in South Sudan
Suspect tells police they were ‘sent’ from Sudan, source says.
January 26, 2016 By - Leave a Comment
JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – Muslim extremists from Sudan have been arrested in connection with the burning of a church building in South Sudan, sources said. Members of the Sudanese Church of Christ (SCOC) in the refugee settlement of Yida awoke the morning of Jan. 16 to find their worship building in flames, area […]
Morning Star News’ Top 10 Persecution Stories of 2015
Islamic violence accelerates in countries not known for religious conflict.
January 8, 2016 By - Leave a Comment
(Morning Star News) – Islamic extremist violence in countries not known for religious tensions, majority-Christian Kenya and Uganda, topped Morning Star News’ stories in 2015. While the Islamic State terrorized Christians in Syria, Iraq and Libya, and Muslim Fulani herdsmen in Nigeria killed innocent civilians in the shadow of Boko Haram, in northeast Kenya Al […]
Video Released from Libya of Beheading of Christian from South Sudan
Masked man claims affiliation with Islamic State.
October 20, 2015 By - Leave a Comment
JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – A group claiming affiliation with the Islamic State (IS) announced the beheading of a Christian from South Sudan in a video posted on Sunday (Oct. 18). A masked man who carries out the killing in the video, presumably in Libya, states that he is defending Muslim brothers he claims […]
Freed Pastors Arrive Home from Sudan after Ordeal of False Charges, Travel Ban
NISS had prevented them from leaving country.
August 19, 2015 By - Leave a Comment
JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – Two South Sudanese pastors arrived home in Juba from Khartoum, Sudan today after an eight-month ordeal of imprisonment, fabricated charges of capital crimes and a ban on leaving the country. The Rev. Peter Yein Reith and the Rev. Yat Michael were acquitted of the crimes calling for the death […]
Scant Evidence Produced against Two South Sudanese Pastors in Sudan, Lawyer Says
Trial in case calling for death penalty to continue June 15.
June 1, 2015 By - Leave a Comment
JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – A court hearing yesterday in Khartoum for two South Sudanese pastors facing the death penalty was extended to today, then adjourned until June 15 to give prosecutors more time to try building a case, a defense attorney said. Prosecutors need more time to search for evidence in the trial […]
South Sudanese Church Leaders Jailed in Sudan Charged, Could Face Death Penalty
Pastor says he is trusting God will intervene on their behalf.
May 8, 2015 By - 6 Comments
JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – Sudanese authorities have charged two South Sudanese pastors under laws that call for the death penalty, their attorney said. National Intelligence and Security Services (NISS) officials have charged the Rev. Yat Michael and the Rev. Peter Yein Reith (also transliterated as Peter Yen Reith) with undermining the constitutional system […]