Militants in Sudan Kill Christian, Set Church Building Ablaze

1/18/2024　South Sudan　(Morning Star News)

A Sudanese Christian, Karbino Bla, has succumbed to his injuries after militants from the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) assaulted him. The motives for the assault were unclear. Rights organizations and area residents report the RSF has killed civilians, raped women and girls and looted homes and shops since taking control of the state in December. Muslim extremists from the RSF also set a church building on fire. Christians in Sudan fear they are being increasingly targeted. Fighting between the RSF and the SAF, which had shared military rule in Sudan following an October 2021 coup, has left more than 12,000 people dead and displaced an estimated 5.8 million others. Christian sites have been targeted since the conflict began. Following two years of advances in religious freedom in Sudan after the end of the Islamist dictatorship under in 2019, state-sponsored persecution returned after the 2021 coup.

Let’s pray…

• Pray that the Lord will comfort Karbino’s widow and take care of her and their infant daughter.
• Pray the the churches in Sudan will continue to preach the gospel and not lose heart.
• Pray that the Lord will bring a new government to power that respects religious freedom for all citizens.