Published October 24, 2025
Predominantly Christian South Sudanese families separated in crackdown.
JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – South Sudanese children separated from their parents in deportations from the capital of Sudan, Khartoum, have been reunited with their families in South Sudan, according to media reports.At least 71 children have been reunited with their families in the South Sudan town of Renk, Upper Nile state, Radio Tamazuj reported. Officials from Upper Nile state carried out the unification with coordination from their counterparts in Sudan.
The children were left behind when police deported their mothers in a crackdown in various parts of Khartoum as the government views the predominantly Christian South Sudanese as a threat to Islam and to security, though most of the deported women had lived in the country for decades.
Church leaders told Morning Star News that arrests in crackdown were ongoing.
“Of course, there are still arrests and crackdown in different parts of the capital,” said one church leader whose name is withheld due to security reasons.
The move comes as rights and civil society groups criticized the Sudanese government over the deportation earlier this month of more than 100 South Sudanese women without due process and legal aid.
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