South Sudan government shutters 2 newspapers in apparent crackdown on the

South Sudan secured its independence in 2011.

Thabo Mbeki, head of AU High-Level Implementation Panel on Sudan (AUHIP) said his organization would meet with the representatives of the armed groups, and consult with them on their positions regarding the national dialogue, while at the same time convey to them Khartoum’s stance. “They are afraid to run their institutions”.

We spoke with the pastors following their release, and they asked us to share their gratefulness. But praise God!” Pastor Peter echoed his friend’s joy saying, “We are very happy now we are free because of your prayers.

Inciting hatred among or against sects is punishable by up to two years in prison, according to Article 64 of the Sudanese Penal Code.

He convicted Michael of disturbing the public peace and Yen of creating and running a criminal organisation.

The defense had called for the charges to be dropped due to a critical lack of physical evidence. As Muslims nearby shouted, “Allahu Akbar [God is greater]”, plainclothes police and personnel from the NISS broke onto the property aboard a truck and two Land Cruisers.

The Sudanese Armed Forces have committed war crimes against the civilian population of South Kordofan, a new report published by Amnesty global has claimed. Authorities have raided Christian bookstores, arrested Christians and threatened to kill any Christians who refused to help police capture others, Morning Star News has reported.

South Sudan’s civil war began in December 2013 when President Salva Kiir accused his former deputy Riek Machar of plotting a coup, setting off a cycle of retaliatory killings that has split the poverty-stricken, landlocked country along ethnic lines.

“We continue to urge Sudan to uphold its constitutional guarantees for freedom of religion or belief and its responsibility to promote and protect this right under global law, in order to preserve Sudan’s pluralism and diversity”, said Thomas in a statement.

This is a major victory in the fight against Christian persecution worldwide.