Attacks by “Islamic extremists” in a border region of South Sudan killed dozens of people and left “huge numbers of Christian villagers with nothing but their clothes,” aid workers told Worthy News.
...continue reading this storyIslamic extremists killed people in an attack on a Christian community in South Sudan earlier this month, burning down 57 homes in the same attack, Barnabas Fund reports.
...continue reading this storyPope Francis has offered condolences to victims' families after two Catholic nuns were shot and killed along a highway in South Sudan.
...continue reading this storyHundreds of Christians have been slaughtered by Islamic terrorists in at least three African countries in recent weeks, CBN News reports. Christian communities in Nigeria, South Sudan, and Cameroon have been targeted by terrorists from different groups, including Boko Haram and Fulani militants.
...continue reading this storyChristian aid groups, along with pesticide-wielding UN troops, are deploying to eastern Africa to fight a locust swarm that experts say is the worst to hit the region in 70 years and could grow by 500 times between now and June.
...continue reading this storyA judge in Sudan ruled yesterday that there was enough evidence to charge two South Sudanese pastors with crimes that carry the death penalty.
...continue reading this storySouth Sudan announced today it would withdraw its troops from the disputed border territory its forces recently acquired, thereby avoiding an all-out war with neighboring Sudan.
...continue reading this storyChristian aid workers warned of a looming "all-out war" between Sudan and South Sudan with thousands of Christians in both nations seeking shelter.
...continue reading this storyThousands of Christians stripped of their citizenship are now being forced out of Sudan in the wake of the South's secession back in January 2011.
...continue reading this storyChristians in Sudan and newly created South Sudan face possible detention, beatings and even death amid a "deteriorating humanitarian situation" with thousands of people being killed this year alone, aid workers and Christians said in statements obtained by Worthy News Sunday, January 22.
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