Tag: Khartoum

Khartoum releases Christian minister, holds another ‘pending charges’

May 24, 2016 Sudan Hassan Taour, Khartoum, Telal Rata

After imposing nearly half a year in detention, Sudan has now released one Christian minister, while still keeping a second without legal access, pending possible charges of “undermining national security”. On Tuesday, 10 May, the National Intelligence and Security Services (NISS) released 36-year-old Telahoon (Telal) Nogosi Kassa Rata from Khartoum’s . . . Read More

EU alliance with ‘unsavoury’ African leaders

May 18, 2016 Africa, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Europe, Khartoum, Libya, Migrants, Omar al-Bashir, Refugees, Sudan

European politicians, under pressure to reduce the exodus of African refugees, have now begun providing equipment and training to the security forces of Sudan, whose President is wanted for war crimes, says . The magazine says it has seen leaked documents from talks that took place on 23 March between . . . Read More

Coptic monk kidnapped from Sudan farm

April 18, 2016 Sudan Darfur, Khartoum, Kidnapping, Sudan

The Cairo-based news organization Watani International that an Egyptian-born Coptic monk serving in Sudan has been kidnapped. Rev. Ghabrial al-Antony was working on his brother’s farm in Sudan’s Darfur region, Watani quoted Rev. Boulos Fouad of the Coptic Church in Khartoum as saying. Fouad said three men tied up the . . . Read More

Refugee churches in Khartoum ordered to ‘register’

February 12, 2016 Sudan Christmas, Khartoum, Refugees, Sudan

Representatives from Sudan’s Ministry of Internal Affairs have convened leaders of refugee churches in Khartoum to tell them to stop their services until they have registered, sources have told World Watch Monitor. The churches affected are those started for refugees from Eritrea, Ethiopia, South Sudan and the Philippines, among others. If . . . Read More

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

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

Four years of bombings in Sudan’s Nuba Mountains

September 2, 2015 Sudan Abyei, African Union, Blue Nile, Darfur, Khartoum, Nuba Mountains, Omar al-Bashir, Sharia, South Kordofan, South Sudan, SPLM-N

A makeshift blackboard in the Nuba Mountains, where Open Doors International reports that ‘daily’ and ‘indiscriminate’ bombardment has led to the destruction of Christians’ homes, churches, schools, hospitals and crops.Courtesy Open Doors International The recent trial of nine young Christian women in the Sudanese capital Khartoum for wearing trousers . . . 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

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

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