JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – The Sudanese Air Force bombed more civilians in South Kordofan state this week, killing a Christian man and injuring a 13-year-old girl, an area source said. As part of what area Christians believe is President Omar al-Bashir’s campaign to rid the country of Christianity and the ethnic Nuba people, […]
Christians Killed in Sudan Bombings
Government ramps up bombardment of civilians in rebel-supported areas.
February 13, 2014 By -
Morning Star News’ Top 10 Persecution Stories of 2013
In Nigeria, terrorists weren’t the only ones terrorizing Christians.
January 10, 2014 By -
(Morning Star News) – Last year Egypt saw its greatest level of attacks on Christians; more Christians were killed in Syria’s civil war than anywhere else; and an Islamist rebel take-over in the Central African Republic brought new atrocities to the historically unstable country. But where political instability and civil war were not contributing factors, […]
Sudan Revokes Citizenship of Christian, Jails Him for Failing to Leave Country
Deacon of Eritrean descent targeted for Christian activities.
December 9, 2013 By -
JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – A Christian has been jailed in Khartoum, Sudan for declining to leave the country after authorities revoked his Sudanese citizenship, sources said. Early this year National Security and Intelligence Services (NISS) personnel had required Zawengel Abraham Mikael, a 41-year-old deacon of Eritrean descent, to frequently report to their offices […]
Bombing of Civilians in Sudan Seen as Ethnic, Religious ‘Cleansing’
Two children killed.
November 25, 2013 By -
JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – In what Christians see as a government effort to rid the country of Christianity and ethnic Nuba people, the Sudanese Air Force has stepped up bombings of civilians in South Kordofan in the past two months, including an attack on Nov. 17 that killed two children. Sudan dropped two […]
Sudan Accused of Helping Muslim Businessman Seize Property from Church
Police, security personnel aid investor's claim.
October 30, 2013 By -
JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – After months of bulldozing or taking over church buildings on the pretext that they belong to South Sudanese who are no longer citizens of the country, authorities are aiding a Muslim businessman’s effort to take over church property in Khartoum North, sources said. Sudan’s police and security forces broke […]
Sudanese Woman Faces Ordeal as Convert from Islam
Long before current crackdown in Sudan, Muslim society punished ‘apostates.’
September 20, 2013 By -
JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – After her family in Khartoum, Sudan nearly buried her alive for leaving Islam and authorities imprisoned her for six months, a Sudanese Christian thought she might find refuge in Ethiopia. She had fled to Ethiopia in 2010, five years after putting her faith in Christ. By the following year, […]
Sudan Tracking Down Converts from Islam in Purge of Christianity
Christian flees country after weeks of threats from authorities.
July 12, 2013 By -
JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – A Sudanese Christian has fled the country after authorities in Khartoum threatened to kill him for refusing to divulge names of converts from Islam, sources said. The Christian, a native of Sudan’s Nuba Mountains area, left the country last month after officials from the National Intelligence and Security Service […]
Sudan Intensifies Arrests, Deportations of Christians
Interrogations include threat to bury ministry group members alive.
April 30, 2013 By -
JUBA, South Sudan, April 30, 2013 (Morning Star News) – Sudan has stepped up its targeting of Christians for deportation, with interrogation including threats to bury them alive, sources said. Besides the deportation to South Sudan of the secretary general of the Sudan Catholic Bishops’ Conference on April 12, other Christians have been targeted in […]
Bombings in Sudan Kill Christians, Destroy Church Building
Sudanese government continues terrorizing its own citizens.
March 27, 2013 By -
JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – The Sudanese government’s bombing of predominantly Christian, ethnic Nuba civilians in South Kordofan state has taken more lives the first three months of this year – possibly including Muslims, sources said. Two civilians were killed and 12 seriously wounded on March 19 when a Sudan government Antonov airplane dropped […]
Estranged Christian Father Struggles in Harsher, Hard-line Sudan
Convert from Islam whose wife divorced him can now visit children – with caution.
February 26, 2013 By -
KHARTOUM, Sudan (Morning Star News) – Mohammed Khidir Khalil Hassan, a Sudanese convert from Islam, has to be careful what songs he sings to his sons. Nearly a year ago, after his wife left him and Christianity behind, a Sudanese court had ruled that as a convert from Islam he was forbidden to see his […]