Sudan: Buildings belonging to Christians shelled in ongoing conflict

by Karen Faulkner, Worthy News Correspondent

(Worthy News) – As fighting between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the rival Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in Sudan continues relentlessly, at least two buildings belonging to Christians were bombed in shelling by the SAF last week, Morning Star News (MSN) reports.

According to MSN, the Sudan Presbyterian Evangelical Church (SPEC) building in Omdurman, across the Nile from Khartoum, was bombed by the SAF at around 9pm on Nov. 1. While no one was hurt, the building was hit three times, leaving its roof in ruins, and all the property inside destroyed.

In a separate incident, five nuns were injured on Nov. 3 when a Catholic convent in the Al-Shajara area south of Khartoum was bombed, MSN reports. It was not clear which of the two military factions had targeted the building.

Fighting broke out between the SAF and the RSF on April 15. The two factions had shared military rule since the military coup of 2021, but since then have launched a deadly rivalry in which more than 10,000 civilians have been killed, and 5.4 million displaced, MSN reports.

“Persecution of Christians remains at a high level in Sudan, and there are fears this will worsen amid the ongoing unrest,” the Open Doors international Christian aid organization says in a website statement.

Ruled by an oppressive Islamic regime, Sudan ranks 10th on the US Open Doors World Watch List 2023 of the top 50 countries where it is most dangerous for Christians to live.

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