Port officials in Sudan detain Arabic Bible shipment
Sudanese authorities have detained a shipment of Bibles for more than two years without explanation.
The container full of Arabic Bibles has been kept at Port Sudan, according to Morning Star News. Another container of Bibles was released after appeals to the port authorities.
A Bible Society in Sudan representative told Morning Star News the Bibles were destined for the capital, Khartoum, where the society does not have a single copy of an Arabic Bible available. Other shipments have been detained over the last two years as well, he said.
However, he said a port official had appeared more willing to consider releasing the shipment recently. Local Christian leaders have speculated that the lifting of sanctions on Sudan by the US on October 12 might have resulted in a change of tone....