More than 150 churches have been damaged or destroyed in Sudan since the war began last April, according to the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF).
Website Evangelical Focus reports that the conflict between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has already claimed over 13,000 lives and devastated religious communities.
There has been a notable increase over recent months in the destruction of religious sites. USCIRF has called for governments and non-state actors to abide by international law to protect these sites. But examples of wanton destruction abound. Last January, for example, RSF militants set fire to an Evangelical church in Wad Madani, Gezira. Built in 1939, it was the largest religious structure in the state.
