Item 1 of 7 Sudan's Sovereign Council Chief General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, arrives for the signing of peace agreement between the Sudan's transitional government and Sudanese revolutionary ...

MALAKAL, South Sudan (RNS) — The situation has prompted religious leaders in South Sudan to appeal to the international community to aid returning refugees.

Christians in Sudan are facing increased arrests, detention and deportation with church-associated centers being raided and foreign missionaries kicked out, according to the leaders.

A Muslim man is pictured in a file photo praying outside a mosque in Khartoum, Sudan. Sudanese bishops are welcoming a new declaration signed in early September that separates religion and state.

Some 150 children of Cru staff packed 3,000 school bags for children in South Sudan that included supplies like pencils, pens ...

Jemera Rone is Counsel/Sudan Researcher at Human Rights Watch, Africa Division. She is launching her new book 'Sudan, Human Rights, and Oil' at Chatham House on November 25.

The declaration of principles further cements Sudan’s efforts to undo the 30-year system of strict sharia law under President Omar al-Bashir, during which Islam was the religion of the state.

In Sudan, if you insult someone’s religion, you can get 10 years in prison. The apostasy law has been repealed, but respect is also important. It is appropriate there should be an international ban.

Authorities in Sudan on July 8 demolished a church complex in Khartoum North, sources said. With no prior warning, bulldozers and trucked accompanied by police and armed forces personnel arrived at ...

In Sudan, thousands of religious groups with links to the government - an Islamist movement known as Al-Harakat Al-Islamiyya - have met in the capital Khartoum. Reformers among them believe Sudan ...

Religiously unaffiliated people and followers of other religions (which include African traditional religions) each account for roughly 3% of the overall population. Sub-Saharan Africans are younger ...

Sudanese people can now “worship and practice their various religious beliefs without fear,” said the general secretary of the Sudanese bishops’ conference.