BREAKING NEWS: Sudan Christian Woman On Death Row Released
By BosNewsLife Africa Service
KHARTOUM, SUDAN (BosNewsLife)-- A Sudanese woman who was to be executed for refusing to abandon her faith in Jesus Christ walked out of prison Monday, June 23, after a Khartoum court cancelled her sentence.
Sudan Christians Urge Prayers Amid Widespread Killings
By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife
KHARTOUM, SUDAN (BosNewsLife)-- Sudanese Christians have urged fellow believers around the world to pray for them as armed groups are kidnapping and killing church leaders and other Christians, an advocacy group with close knowledge about the situation told BosNewsLife Tuesday , September 15.
Sudan to Introduce Strict Islamic Law, Activists Warn
By Joseph DeCaro, BosNewsLife International Correspondent
KHARTOUM, SUDAN (BosNewsLife)-- Rights activists say Sudan's president Omar al-Bashir is rewriting his country's constitution to implement Sharia, or Islamic, law, a move that is expected to put more pressure on the African nation's Christian minority.
NEWS ALERT: Sudan Lawyers Of Christian Woman Prevented From Leaving Country
By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife
KHARTOUM, SUDAN (BosNewsLife)-- Lawyers who represented Meriam Yahya Ibrahim, the Christian mother whose conviction for apostasy and adultery was overturned, are being prevented from leaving Sudan following death threats, BosNewsLife learned Saturday, September 20.
Sudan Government Seizes Churches, Detains Christians
By BosNewsLife Africa Service with reporting by BosNewsLife's Stefan J. Bos
KHARTOUM, SUDAN (BosNewsLife)-- Evangelical Christians in Sudan face a new government crackdown involving the detention of several church leaders and members as well as the seizure of properties, BosNewsLife learned Friday April 15.
BREAKING NEWS: Traffickers Threaten To Kill Eritrean Christian Hostage
By BosNewsLife Africa Service
CAIRO, EGYPT (BosNewsLife)-- Time was running out Thursday, November 22, for an abducted Christian Eritrean man in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula after his kidnappers told him to pay $25,000 or face “organ harvesting” and be killed, he and Christian rights activists said.
Sudan Christians Flee Bloodshed; Attacks Continue
By BosNewsLife Africa Service
KHARTOUM, SUDAN (BosNewsLife)-- Christians in Sudan were among thousands of refugees Wednesday, May 25, amid several attacks against them and fears of a new civil war between the Arab-dominated north and the Christian-animist south, which voted overwhelmingly to secede in a January referendum.
Sudan Christian Jailed As Deadly Violence Spreads
By BosNewsLife Africa Service
KHARTOUM, SUDAN (BosNewsLife)-- A Sudanese Christian aid worker has been jailed for over a month without charges while outside her prison walls Christians were killed in bombardments by government troops, rights activists and residents said Wednesday, March 27.
NEWS ALERT: Thousands of Sudanese Christians Seeking Shelter Amid “All-Out-War” Threat
By BosNewsLife Africa Service
KHARTOUM, SUDAN (BosNewsLife)-- Christian aid workers warned Monday, April 16, of a looming "all-out war" between Sudan and South Sudan with thousands of Christians in both nations seeking shelter.
NEWS ALERT: Sudan Christians Urge Prayers As Deadly Violence Overshadows Independence Vote
By BosNewsLife Africa Service with reporting by BosNewsLife's Stefan J. Bos