Priest Slain, Flock Abducted in Sudan’s Nuba War | Anglican Ink © 2026

Rebel Militia Abduct Pastor and Family Members in Sudan

The Nuba Mountains in southern Sudan. (C Andreas31, Creative Commons) JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – Members of a break-away group from the rebel Sudan People’s Liberation Army-North (SPLA-N) abducted a pastor and others in North Kordofan state, Sudan on July 23, his brother said. The Rev. Yaqob Ibrahim Tia of the Sudanese Church of Christ...

Priest Slain, Flock Abducted in Sudan’s Nuba War | Anglican Ink © 2026

A Sudanese Anglican priest has been killed and scores of Christians abducted in the Nuba Mountains, in what local church leaders describe as a deliberate strike at the heart of their ministry rather than a random casualty of tribal gunplay. Rebel fighters attacked the Dabbi/Debi area of Heiban County in South Kordofan late last week, targeting clergy and lay leaders of the Episcopal Church of Sudan (ECS) amid a wider mutiny by Otoro tribal force…