By Jeremy Reynalds –Originally published in ASSIST News Service A human rights organisation has learned that at least 55 Christians have been detained without charge by the Sudanese government for about two weeks. According to a news release from Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW), its sources say the group, which has […]
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Thousands left destitute in Sudan border dispute
Originally published in Charisma News As politicians wrangle ahead of an early December deadline over the still-disputed status of the oil-rich region of Abyei, straddling the border of Sudan and South Sudan, local church leaders appeal for help in the face of a potential humanitarian crisis. Both governments have been […]
Sudanese Islamists: We will never forgive Christians for not being Muslims
Originally published in Charisma News A Bible school opens its doors for the first time in months as a declaration is made over loudspeakers at a nearby mosque: “We will never forgive the Christians for not being Muslims. Their institutions have no place in Sudan.” Elsewhere, Christian children are told […]
Sudanese Bible school re-opens despite Islamist intimidation
Originally published in Assist News Service Amid threats of further losses, classes resumed this month at a Khartoum Bible school and church compound that Muslim extremists torched in April, an area Christian source said. According to a story by Morning Star News, students and administrators at Gerif West Bible School […]
Sudanese military kills Christian mother in bombing
Originally Published in Christian Telegraph Government bombing of ethnic Nuba civilians in a predominantly Christian town of Sudan last month – killing a mother of seven children – is further evidence that officials are trying to rid the country of Christians, area Christian leaders said, reports Dan Wooding, Founder of […]
Major rescue effort for Christians in Sudan
Originally published in barnabasaid Barnabas Fund is launching a major rescue operation to airlift 2,000 of the neediest, most vulnerable Christians stranded and endangered in Sudan to safety and a new life in South Sudan. The first of 12 chartered flights are due to leave Khartoum for Juba on 7 […]
Sudanese authorities demolish two church buildings
By Compass Direct News JUBA, South Sudan — Athorities in Khartoum demolished two church buildings last week, days after confiscating three Catholic schools, sources told Compass. Officials from the Ministry of Planning and Housing of the local government authority on June 18 sent bulldozers that destroyed a church building belonging […]
Church torched in Sudan as threat of war with South Sudan looms
Originally published by Barnabas Aid A church and Bible school in Sudan have been torched by an Islamist mob as the country moves closer to an all-out war with the mainly Christian South Sudan. The compound, in the Al-Jiraif district of Khartoum, was set ablaze on Saturday night (21 April). […]
Christians in peril as Sudan and South Sudan head towards war
By Dan Wooding — Originally published in Assist News Service The threat of an all-out war between Sudan and South Sudan is mounting amid intensifying fighting in the disputed border region, putting Christians in both nations in great danger. Barnabas Fund, based in the UK says that fierce clashes in […]
Christians targeted in Sudan ethnic cleansing
.By Simba Tian – Compass Direct News JUBA, South Sudan – The “ethnic cleansing” that Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir has undertaken against black Africans in the Nuba Mountains is also aimed at ridding the area of Christianity, according to humanitarian workers. By targeting Christians among people who are also adherents […]