JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – Members of a break-away group from the rebel Sudan People’s Liberation Army-North (SPLA-N) abducted a pastor and others in South Kordofan state, Sudan on July 23, his brother said. The Rev. Yaqob Ibrahim Tia of the Sudanese Church of Christ (SCOC) was abducted from his home in Heiban town along […]
Rebel Militia Abduct Pastor and Family Members in Sudan
Church leaders targeted amid armed conflict.
July 30, 2026 By - 1 Comment
Rebel Militants in Sudan Kill Pastor, Abduct Others
Rash of violence against church leaders hits Nuba Mountains.
July 28, 2026 By - Leave a Comment
JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – A rebel militant faction backed by Islamic extremist groups in Sudan on Friday (July 24) killed a pastor in South Kordofan state’s Nuba Mountains, area church sources said. Members of a break-away group from the rebel Sudan’s People Liberation Army-North (SPLA-N) stormed the Dabbi area of Hiban County, also […]
Officials in Sudan Warn Church Building Will Be Demolished
No date given for razing worship facility.
June 19, 2026 By - 1 Comment
JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – Authorities in Sudan have warned leaders of a church in Khartoum that their church building could be demolished at any time, sources said. The director of planning of Jebel Aulia District, accompanied by an engineer from the land department, came to the Sudan Presbyterian Evangelical Church site in the […]
Police in Egypt Detain South Sudanese Christian Child
Part of wave of arrests of near church sites.
May 7, 2026 By -
JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – Authorities in Egypt arrested a 16-year-old Christian boy from South Sudan without charges on April 12, part of a crackdown on immigrants both undocumented and legal from that country and Sudan, sources said. Like other immigrants from South Sudan and Sudan, Matiok Santino Matiok – who along with his […]
Unknown Gunmen Kill Pastor in South Sudan
Church leaders call for justice.
February 26, 2026 By -
JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – A church pastor near Juba, South Sudan was abducted on Thursday (Feb. 19) and later killed, a relative said. The body of Pastor Lino Pasquale of Hai Baraka Pentecostal Church was found on Wednesday (Feb. 25) after he was abducted while fishing at a river in Gondokoro, 10 kilometers […]
Christian Faces Death Threats in Refugee Camp in South Sudan
Muslims notify family in Darfur of his conversion.
February 24, 2026 By -
JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – A Sudanese refugee in South Sudan is facing death threats for converting to Christianity, sources said. Former Muslim Mosab Haroon Ahmed, 31, fled the military conflict in Sudan two years ago, arriving at the Gorom Refugee Settlement 26 kilometers (16 miles) southwest of Juba. He put his faith in […]
Pastor in South Sudan Refugee Camp Jailed after Muslim Converts
Christian woman, 18, expelled from home fears returning.
January 30, 2026 By -
JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – A Sudanese family that expelled an 18-year-old relative from their home in a refugee camp in South Sudan for accepting Christ has dragged a pastor to jail on accusations of kidnapping, sources said. Hassan Ibrahim Kaki, the Muslim brother of recently converted Amona Ibrahim Kaki, on Jan. 20 forcibly […]
Christian Refugee from Sudan, 18, Expelled for Her Faith
Young Sudanese woman came to Christ by reading Bible.
January 9, 2026 By -
JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – The Muslim family of an 18-year-old Sudanese refugee in the northern border region of South Sudan on Thursday evening (Jan. 8) expelled her from their home for her faith in Christ, sources said. Amona Ibrahim Kaki, a refugee from Sudan’s Nuba Mountains area living in the Ajoung Thok refugee […]
Drone Strike on Christmas Day Kills Christians in Sudan
Others in procession to worship service seriously wounded.
January 2, 2026 By -
JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – A Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) drone strike on Dec. 25 killed at least 11 Christians on their way to Christmas celebrations in South Kordofan state, Sudan, sources said. At least 18 other people were seriously wounded in the attack on congregation members making their way to the Episcopal Church […]
Sudan Detains Christian Physician for His Faith
Doctor jailed for three days.
December 11, 2025 By -
JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – A medical doctor in Sudan was jailed from Sunday to Wednesday evening (Dec. 10) after officials learned he was a Christian, sources said. In Ad-Damazin, capital of Blue Nile state in southeastern Sudan, Yagoub Jibril Glademea on Sunday (Dec. 7) went to the state Civil Registration office to obtain […]