Catching Our Eye

Main suspect behind Sri Lanka Easter churches’ deaths arrested

India: Eight Christians acquitted of kidnapping and forced conversion

Sudan: Three churches burned down twice within one month

Nigeria: ‘Government is Boko Haram but without bomb’, says church leader

Christians in Africa face ‘explosion’ in violence, senior church leader says

Tag: NISS

S. Sudan pastors’ trial in Khartoum delayed

May 14, 2015 Sudan Khartoum, NISS, Peter Yen, South Sudan, Yat Michael

German news agency, DPA, reports from one of its stringers in Khartoum that there’s been a delay to the trial of two South Sudanese pastors arrested and for a long time held without charge. Due to the absence of a representative from the National Intelligence and Security Services (NISS) today, . . . 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

Sudanese authorities close Christian offices in South Darfur

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