Tag: Blue Nile

Disputed area of Abyei votes to join South Sudan

November 4, 2013 Sudan Abyei, African Union, Blue Nile, Darfur, Dinka, Kadugli, Khartoum, South Kordofan, South Sudan

Agok town in the disputed Abyei area.ENOUGH Project / Flickr / Creative Commons Sudan, already facing regional insurgencies and austerity riots, is on the brink of more violence along its border with South Sudan. Human rights groups say that the fate of Abyei, an area half the size of . . . Read More

Sudanese bishop pleads for end to suffering

September 25, 2013 Sudan Barack Obama, Blue Nile, Darfur, Kadugli, Nuba Mountains, Omar al-Bashir, UN

Rev. Andudu Adam Elnail.United to End Genocide / Flickr / Creative Commons A Sudanese bishop has written to U.S. President Barack Obama, calling for prompt actions to save the lives of those still alive in the country’s Nuba Mountains, Blue Nile and Darfur regions. Rev. Andudu Adam Elnail, the Bishop . . . Read More

Sudanese authorities close Christian offices in South Darfur

May 14, 2012 Sudan Blue Nile, Darfur, NISS, Nuba Mountains, Nyala, Port Sudan, Salafism, South Kordofan, South Sudan, Sudan

Security agents in Sudan’s South Darfur state have closed down the Nyala offices of the Sudan Council of Churches (SCC) and relief group Sudan Aid, sources said. Agents from the Sudanese National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS) arrived at the organisations’ compound in Nyala at 8 a.m. on April 22, . . . Read More

Persecution increased most in Sudan, Nigeria, report says

January 4, 2012 Global News -- No Particular Country Abyei, Afghanistan, Alexandria, Arab Spring, Blasphemy, Blue Nile, Boko Haram, China, Copts, Egypt, Ethiopia, Hosni Mubarak, Iran, Iraq, Islamic extremism, Kazakhstan, Maldives, Maspero, Nigeria, Omar al-Bashir, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, South Kordofan, South Sudan, Sudan, Uzbekistan, Yemen

Sudan and northern Nigeria saw steeper increases in persecution against Christians than 48 other nations where Christians suffered abuse last year, according to an annual ranking by Christian support organization Open Doors. Sudan – where northern Christians experienced greater vulnerability after southern Sudan seceded in a July referendum, and where . . . Read More

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Tag: Blue Nile

Disputed area of Abyei votes to join South Sudan

Sudanese bishop pleads for end to suffering

Sudanese authorities close Christian offices in South Darfur

Persecution increased most in Sudan, Nigeria, report says

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