By Eric Reeves Editor’s Note: The following is a timely, yet saddening report by Sudan Expert Eric Reeves, reprinted in part from the Sudan Tribune (http://sudantribune.com/spip.php?article45575). The UN Security Council has essentially told the murderous regime of Omar al Bashir that it doesn’t care what he does to his countrymen in Darfur, South Kordofan, and the [...]
By Matt Chancey The year 2013 marks the beginning of the 16th year PPF has been involved in ministry in Africa. We have seen a lot of changes, and a lot of the same old problems lingering on. We have met wonderful people, and also our fair share of villains and con-men. Our faithful ministry [...]
By Brad Phillips My Thanksgiving holiday was celebrated rather quickly here in Nairobi with my family because within a few days I was headed back up into Sudan. Destination: The war-torn Nuba mountain region. This area has been under siege since the SAF forces and NCP militants began carrying out Bashir’s instruction to “clean up [...]
Editor’s Note: With the 2012 elections behind us, it is important that pressure be placed on the Obama administration to fulfill promises made with regard to the Sudan crisis more than four years ago prior to the 2008 election. The President has done next to nothing to seriously address the ongoing humanitarian crisis and genocide [...]
Maban County Hospital, South Sudan 3 October 2012 Dr. David Hardin Editor’s Note: The story you are about to read requires a little background. As we reported in previous Africa Messengers, the Jihadist NCP government in Khartoum last year launched a massive offensive in the northern Sudan states of Southern Kordofan and the Blue Nile. [...]
By Ryan Boyett, CEO Eyes and Ears Nuba Editor’s Note: Ryan Boyette is an American Christian living and working in the Nuba Mountains. His first-hand accounts have been instrumental in showcasing the brutality of Omar al-Bashir’s NCP regime in Khartoum. In the October edition of the Africa Messenger, we featured a recent update from Ryan [...]
By Brad Phillips The first half of 2012 showed many promising signs for the future of the two Sudans. The most important development was the growth of an intifada (popular uprising) in the north seriously threatening the brutal regime of Sudan dictator Omar al Bashir. The Sudan Revolutionary Front, led by two governors of northern [...]
Persecution Project Foundation is proud to announce that it has renewed its 2012 membership with the Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability (ECFA). In doing so, PPF continues to stand with nearly 1,700 ECFA organizations committed to high integrity. Accreditation enhances trust for donors, as ECFA Christ-centered organizations model high principles of governance, finances, and stewardship [...]
By Brad Phillips I write these lines from Juba, the capital of South Sudan. I just completed a trip to the refugee community of Yida, which is located just south of the Nuba Mountains border. More than 60,000 Nuba have fled to Yida to escape the humanitarian crisis created by the bombing campaign of dictator [...]
By Brad Phillips A couple of months ago, I began receiving several distress calls from my contacts along the Darfur border with South Sudan. It was the beginning of the rainy season. But the flooding from the rains was not the reason I was being called by my contacts. Rather, I was told of a [...]