Tag: Sudan

Sudan: pastor released, but others held

January 15, 2016 Sudan Bahri, Khartoum, Kuwa Shamal, Sudan, Sudanese Church of Christ

The charges against a Sudanese pastor have been dropped, following a court hearing in Khartoum, but four other church leaders are still being held. Hafiz Mengisto, leader of Khartoum’s Bahri Evangelical Church, was taken to court for challenging a government employee overseeing the destruction of parts of the church complex . . . Read More

Global Church meets to seek unity in face of persecution

November 6, 2015 Global News -- No Particular Country Albania, Aleppo, Algeria, Catholics, Churches, Cuba, Democratic Republic of the Congo, El Salvador, India, Iraq, Islamic State, Kenya, Kidnapping, Lebanon, Myanmar, Nigeria, Nineveh Plains, Orthodox, Pakistan, Pentecostals, Protestants, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Venezuela, Yohanna Ibrahim

Twenty-five years ago, on 4 Nov. 1990, a priest risked his life to hold a mass in a cemetery in Albania. In 1967 his president, Enver Hoxha, had declared that he had “abolished” the Christian faith, and that his country was henceforth the world’s first atheist state. On 4 Nov. . . . 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

Report: Christianity contracting in MidEast, Africa

October 16, 2015 Global News -- No Particular Country Africa, Belarus, Boko Haram, China, David Cameron, Egypt, Eritrea, Europe, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Islamic extremism, Islamic State, Israel, Jordan, Kenya, London, Middle East, Nigeria, North Korea, Pakistan, Palestinian Territories, Pope Francis, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Sub-Saharan Africa, Sudan, Syria, Tanzania, Turkey, Turkmenistan, UK, Ukraine, Vietnam

Christianity is fast disappearing from entire regions, most notably a huge chunk of the Middle East, and could vanish from Iraq within five years, according to a new report by Catholic charity Aid to the Church in Need. Released in the UK’s House of Lords on Tuesday, the report, “Persecuted and . . . Read More

Freed pastors finally back in S. Sudan

August 25, 2015 Sudan Khartoum, Peter Yen, South Sudan, Sudan, Yat Michael

The two pastors and their families detained at Sudan’s Khartoum airport as they tried to return home following their release from prison are finally back in South Sudan. Yat Michael and Peter Yen flew to South Sudan’s Juba airport on 19 August from Khartoum. They appeared to be in good . . . Read More

Calais church shows migrants’ ‘gigantic’ faith

August 18, 2015 Calais, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Migrants, Refugees, Sudan, Syria

A “contentious” church built in the midst of a makeshift refugee camp in northern France was featured on the BBC’s flagship Christian worship programme, Songs of Praise, on Sunday (16 August). The episode, available in the UK for 30 days on the BBC’s iPlayer, focuses on the “faith aspect” of . . . Read More

Sudan finds woman innocent of indecent dress

August 17, 2015 Sudan Baptists, Islamic extremism, Nuba Mountains, Sudan, Women

A Christian woman, Seema Ali Osman, was found innocent of indecent or immoral dress under Article 152 of the Sudanese Criminal Code on 16 August, reports CSW. Osman’s was the final verdict in a series of trials following the arrest in June of a group of Christian women for wearing trousers . . . Read More

Sudan: Christian women fined for ‘indecency’

August 13, 2015 Sudan Baptists, Islamic extremism, Khartoum, Nuba Mountains, Sudan, Women

Three Christian women were found guilty of indecency yesterday at Sudan’s Public Order Court following their arrest in June for wearing trousers and skirts, reports CSW. Nasra Omer Kakoum, Wegdan Aba Alla Salih and Uthan Omer Eljaily were fined 500 Sudanese pounds for indecent or immoral dress under Article 152 . . . Read More

S. Sudan pastors await new appeal outcome

August 11, 2015 Sudan Khartoum, NISS, Peter Yen, South Sudan, Sudan, Yat Michael

The lawyer responsible for defending the two South Sudanese pastors who were freed last week after months in detention in Khartoum has downplayed the decision by airport authorities to prevent them from leaving the country. “It will take some few days for the pastors to leave the country, but we . . . Read More

Freed S. Sudan pastors held at Khartoum airport

August 6, 2015 Sudan Khartoum, NISS, Peter Yen, South Sudan, Sudan, Yat Michael

Pastors Yat Michael and Peter Yen have been stopped (but not re-arrested) at Khartoum airport after trying to leave the country following their release after Wednesday’s (5 Aug.) court hearing in the Sudanese capital. CSW reports that the appeal for the flight ban will be heard on 9 Aug. The two tried to leave . . . Read More

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