JUBA, Sudan (Morning Star News) – A years-long Islamist attempt to seize a Christian school in Sudan continued this month even as people displaced by war have taken refuge in the facility, sources said. An Islamic business interest sent three Muslims who forcefully entered the embattled Evangelical School of Sudan, in Omdurman across the Nile […]
Muslims Attempt to Seize Christian School in Sudan
Hundreds of displaced persons told to vacate facility.
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Sudan Returns Church Building Closed Four Years Ago
A rare reversal amid demolitions and closures.
July 12, 2018 By -
JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – Authorities in Khartoum, Sudan have handed back a church building that they had padlocked four years ago and threatened to seize, Christian leaders said. A Sudanese church leader involved in the return of the Khartoum Christian Center building, owned by the Sudan Pentecostal Church (SPC), told Morning Star News […]
Christians in Sudan Charged in Defense of Church Property Case
Court drops charges against five others.
April 13, 2018 By -
JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – A court in Omdurman, Sudan on Wednesday (April 11) charged four Christians who defended church property from a takeover by a Muslim business interest, sources said. Azhari Tumbara, Muna Matta, George Adam and Kudi Abderhman last year tried to keep authorities from seizing Sudan Presbyterian Evangelical Church (SPEC) property […]
Court in Sudan Fines Christian Leaders for Defending Church Property
Government helping Muslim business interest take over school, sources say.
February 6, 2018 By -
JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – A court in Sudan has fined seven church leaders fighting a takeover of their school in Omdurman for “objection to authorities,” a church leader said. The court yesterday (Feb. 5) found Sudan Presbyterian Evangelical Church (SPEC) elder Yohanna Tia guilty under articles 182/183 for objection to authorities and fined […]
Eviction of Pastors Upheld, Scores of Christians in Court as Sudan Takes Over Church Properties
Government ramps up campaign to rid country of Christianity.
December 13, 2017 By -
JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – An Islamist judge in Sudan upheld the eviction of two pastors from their church-owned homes while 60 other Christians have been summoned to court over their refusal to relinquish property, sources said. Judge Adam Tahir Haj Adam on Dec. 3 rejected an appeal of the Aug. 15 eviction of […]
Police, Mob Attack Synod Guard’s Quarters, Arrest His Family in Omdurman, Sudan
Mother, three young children released without charges.
April 26, 2017 By -
JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – Three weeks after an elder was killed in an attack on church property in Omdurman, Sudan, a mob with police on Monday (April 24) ransacked the living quarters of the compound guard and arrested his family, sources said. Police accompanied by a mob demolished part of the room where […]
Sudan Officials Ignore Order to Remove Government-Imposed Church Leaders
Offices have been closed for more than three years.
January 1, 2017 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – After more than three years, the leadership of the Sudan Presbyterian Evangelical Church (SPEC) remains in the hands of government-appointed committee members even after a court ruled in November that the appointments were illegal, sources said. Sudan’s Ministry of Guidance and Religious Endowment appointed a group to run the SPEC […]
Authorities in Sudan Arrest More Christians in Takeover of School
Two pastors, seven others detained for four days.
October 13, 2016 By -
JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – Two pastors and seven other Christians in Sudan were detained for four days last week after trying to stop a group of civilians and police from taking over their school, according to one of the arrested pastors. Local police on Oct. 6 arrested the Rev. Samuel Suliman, headmaster of […]
Sudan Arrests Another South Sudanese Pastor
Second church leader in less than three weeks held without charges.
January 20, 2015 By -
JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – The second pastor of South Sudanese descent in less than three weeks has been arrested without charges in the Sudanese capital, Khartoum, sources said. Sudan’s National Security and Intelligence Services (NISS) arrested the Rev. Peter Yein Reith of the South Sudan Presbyterian Evangelical Church on Jan. 11 as he […]
South Sudanese Pastor Jailed after Preaching at Church in North Khartoum, Sudan
The Rev. Yat Michael detained since Dec. 14.
December 28, 2014 By -
JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – Security personnel in Sudan have held a pastor from South Sudan since Dec. 14 after he delivered a sermon at an embattled North Khartoum church. Agents from Sudan’s National Intelligence and Security Services (NISS) arrested the Rev. Yat Michael of the South Sudan Presbyterian Evangelical Church after Sunday worship […]