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Sudanese church leaders back in court

February 7, 2018 Sudan Atbara, Bahri, Churches, Kadugli, Khartoum, Kosti, Port Sudan, Sudan, Sudan Presbyterian Evangelical Church, Sudanese Church of Christ

While church properties were returned to the SCOC, other church bodies like SPEC are also in conflict with the government over the ownership of their properties in Bahri (Khartoum North) and Omdurman. (Photo: World Watch Monitor)

There have been new developments in two ongoing court cases against Sudan’s two main church denominations. On 5 February, a court fined seven leaders from the Sudan Presbyterian Evangelical Church (SPEC) for their “objection to the authorities”. Yohanna Tia, a church elder, was fined 5,000 Sudanese Pounds ($275). Rev. Dawoud . . . Read More

South Sudanese Christians trapped in hostile North

April 19, 2012 Sudan Islamic extremism, Khartoum, Kosti, Sharia, South Sudan, Sudan

As tensions between Sudan and South Sudan turn into military combat on the border, predominantly Christian citizens of southern origin trapped in Sudan fear the Islamic government and Muslims in general will turn on them, sources told World Watch Monitor. Officially foreigners though many of the half million southern Sudanese . . . Read More

Two Catholic priests kidnapped in Sudan

January 25, 2012 Sudan Darfur, Khartoum, Kosti, Omar al-Bashir, Sharia, South Sudan, Sudan

Sudanese militia loyal to Sudan’s Islamic government have kidnapped two Catholic priests in Rabak, Christian sources said. A large truck smashed through the gates of the St. Josephine Bakhita’s Catholic Church compound in Rabak, 260 kilometers (162 miles) south of Khartoum, on Jan. 15 at 10 p.m., and the assailants broke . . . Read More

Sudan threatens to arrest church leaders

January 18, 2012 Sudan Darfur, Khartoum, Kosti, Nuba Mountains, Omar al-Bashir, Sharia, South Kordofan, South Sudan, Sudan, Sudan Presbyterian Evangelical Church, Sudanese Church of Christ

Sudan’s Ministry of Guidance and Religious Endowments has threatened to arrest church leaders if they carry out evangelistic activities and do not comply with an order for churches to provide their names and contact information, Christian sources said. The warning in a Jan. 3 letter to church leaders of the . . . Read More

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