Tag: Omdurman

Christian leaders kept in Sudan since December uncharged, but incommunicado

February 10, 2016 Sudan Hassan Taour, Khartoum, Kuwa Shamal, NISS, Nuba Mountains, Omdurman, Peter Yen, Telal Rata, Yat Michael

Sudanese authorities have been keeping two Christian pastors in an unknown location since mid-December, with no official charges yet filed against them. On 12. Dec., members of Sudan’s National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS) visited the family home of Telahoon Nogosi Kassa Rata, a leader of the Fellowship of University . . . Read More

Two Sudan churches destroyed, one for a ‘marketplace’

October 29, 2015 Blue Nile, Churches, Darfur, Gadaref, Lutheran Church of Sudan, Omdurman, South Kordofan, Sudan

Two churches were destroyed in two separate incidents earlier this month in Sudan, local sources told World Watch Monitor. On Oct 22, authorities demolished the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Sudan (LCS) in Omdurman, citing re-development reasons, after first giving the church only 72 hours’ notice. Word about the impending action . . . Read More

UPDATE: Trial of S. Sudan pastors begins, then is delayed

May 18, 2015 Sudan East Africa, Khartoum, NISS, Omdurman, South Sudan, Sudan, Sudan Presbyterian Evangelical Church

UPDATE (19 May) After the 19 May start of the trial of Yat Michael and Peter Yein, the judge ordered a 12-day recess. Nahmia Shaloka, a Sudanese lawyer who left the country because of his human rights activity and now lives in the United States, said a judge of Khartoum . . . Read More

Clampdown on Sudan’s churches

December 4, 2014 Sudan Bahri, Churches, Khartoum, Omdurman, Sharia, Women

A building used as a church by Sudanese Christians is being torn down by police after worshippers fell into a dispute with a group that claims to own the building. The evangelical church community in Bahri, a suburb of Khartoum, had formed a human chain to prevent the building from . . . Read More

Bible school, church buildings attacked in Sudan

April 26, 2012 Sudan Darfur, Episcopal Church of Sudan, Islamic extremism, Khartoum, Nyala, Omar al-Bashir, Omdurman, South Sudan, Sudan, Sudan Presbyterian Evangelical Church

Christians faced increased hostilities in Sudan over the past few weeks, culminating in an attack on a Christian compound in Khartoum by a throng of Muslim extremists armed with clubs, iron rods, a bulldozer and fire. Breaking down the compound wall with a bulldozer, the assailants on Saturday (April 21) . . . Read More

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