By Rebecca Paveley | Church Times At least 32 churches have been burned down in the Nuba Mountains area of Sudan over the past year, opposition leaders have said, with reports that up to 40 more may have been demolished. Baroness Cox visited the ... Full Article

By World Watch Monitor A new report highlights the lack of religious freedom in Sudan and says improvements in this area remain “an essential goal” for the US before relations between the two countries can be fully normalised. A delegation ... Full Article

By World Watch Monitor The US Deputy Secretary of State has called on Sudan to “immediately suspend” its demolition of churches and to hold a roundtable discussion with Christian leaders to resolve disputes. John J. Sullivan, speaking at the ... Full Article

By World Watch Monitor Two Sudanese church leaders have been found guilty of criminal misappropriation and trespass, following a long-running dispute over church land and property. Rafat Samir, chairman of the Lands and Buildings Committee of ... Full Article

By World Watch Monitor A Sudan Church of Christ (SCOC) building has been demolished in Sudan’s capital, Khartoum, ten days after the destruction of another SCOC building in nearby Soba, 12 miles south of the city Christian charity Middle East ... Full Article

By CNA/EWTN News | Catholic News Agency Khartoum, Sudan – Charges have been dropped against one Christian pastor in Sudan, but another pastor could face execution for what his defenders say are trumped-up charges based on animosity toward ... Full Article

By Carey Lodge | Christian Today Six Christians were jailed in Sudan last week for refusing to hand over church property to the government, persecution charity Open Doors reports. The three pastors and three church members were arrested and ... Full Article

Christian Solidarity Worldwide South Sudanese pastors Rev Yat Michael and Rev Peter Reith, who are facing serious criminal charges in Sudan, were moved to Kober Prison in North Khartoum last week. The pastors had been detained at Omdurman ... Full Article

Agence France Presse KHARTOUM: Church properties have been bulldozed and seized in a climate of  growing harassment of minority Christians in Islamist-run Sudan  since the South’s 2011 independence, its  council of churches said. Kori ... Full Article

TheGuardian.com The husband of a Sudanese Christian woman facing threats after her apostasy death sentence was overturned has expressed relief that the family has been given refuge at the US embassy in Khartoum. “Really, it’s ... Full Article

A Sudanese woman who was sentenced to death for converting from Islam to Christianity has been released from prison, it has been reported. According to the official state news agency in Sudan, a court has ordered 27-year-old Meriam Yahya Ibrahim ... Full Article

Khartoum — The representatives of the EU Delegation to Sudan and its member states in Khartoum have received the legal defence team of Maryam Yahya Ibrahim, who on 11 May was found guilty of apostasy at the El Haj Yousif Criminal Court in ... Full Article

Khartoum — A Sudanese medical doctor has been convicted of apostasy and sentenced to death by the El Haj Yousif Criminal Court in Khartoum North on Sunday. Doctor Maryam Yahya Ibrahim was charged with apostasy under Article 126 of the Sudanese ... Full Article

Sudanese Muslims torched a Catholic church Sunday in the capital of Khartoum, part of clashes between Sudan and South Sudan over control of an oil town. Sudanese warplanes bombed a key South Sudanese town Monday. Khartoum media said that church ... Full Article

South Sudanese rebel militia loyal to the Sudanese 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 ... Full Article