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 […]
Christian in Sudan Loses Wife, Home for Converting
Muslim family disowns him and compels divorce.
January 16, 2025 By - Leave a Comment
Authorities in Sudan Ban Christmas Service
Christians are told worship not allowed in ‘Muslim area.’
January 14, 2025 By - Leave a Comment
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.
December 31, 2024 By - Leave a Comment
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.
December 23, 2024 By - Leave a Comment
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.
December 18, 2024 By - Leave a Comment
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.
December 4, 2024 By - Leave a Comment
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.
November 5, 2024 By - Leave a Comment
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.
October 16, 2024 By - Leave a Comment
(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, […]
Muslim Soldiers Detain, Torture Christians in Sudan
Refugees stopped at checkpoint for Bible possession.
April 30, 2024 By - Leave a Comment
JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – Three Christians were detained and tortured for weeks in southern Sudan after soldiers at a Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) checkpoint found one of them carrying a Bible, one of the victims said. Hamza Haroon Ahmed is still recovering from injuries he suffered after SAF soldiers at a military checkpoint […]
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 […]