Sudanese authorities demolished a church building in Omdurman without prior notice on February 17.
In what Sudanese Christians believe is part of a campaign by Islamist President Omar al-Bashir to rid the country of Christianity, bulldozers, accompanied by local police, destroyed the Sudanese Church of Christ building in the Ombada area of Omdurman, across the River Nile from Khartoum.
Officials gave no reason for the demolition except that, as it was located in a ‘Muslim area’, the 300-member church was not wanted there. ‘We have orders from above to demolish this church building’, the police officer in charge of the demolition told a church member. ‘We do not want any church in this area’.
