An 18-year-old Sudanese refugee living in northern South Sudan has been forced to leave her family home after becoming a Christian, according to local sources.
The young woman, Amona Ibrahim Kaki, fled Sudan’s Nuba Mountains region and has been living in the Ajoung Thok refugee settlement. Sources say her family expelled her on 8 January after discovering that she had chosen to follow Jesus Christ.
Relatives learned of her Christian faith during the Christmas period after neighbours reported her attendance at a church service at Gloria Baptist Church. When questioned by her parents, she told them that she had experienced a personal encounter with Jesus and now identified as a Christian.
Family members reacted with anger and demanded that she abandon her faith and return to Islam. When she refused, they confiscated her phone and warned that she would be disowned and removed from the family if she did not comply. A senior family member later ordered that she be forced out of the home.
Local Christians say the young woman now faces serious risk, particularly as cultural and religious pressures are strong in the border region. They added that no aid agencies are currently known to be involved in her case.
Sources say her journey to faith began last year after she found a Bible and began reading it privately. She continued reading daily, and when she later became seriously ill, she contacted Christian friends who arranged prayer from local believers. After she recovered, her interest in Christianity deepened.
She first attended a church service in late November and publicly acknowledged her faith during the Christmas season.
Sudan remains one of the most difficult countries in the world for Christians, ranking among the top ten nations on the 2025 World Watch List published by Open Doors. Although international monitoring of religious freedom in Sudan has changed in recent years, Christian converts continue to face intense pressure, especially from their own families.
Adapted from Morning Star News.
