Members of a break-away group from the rebel Sudan People's Liberation Army-North (SPLA-N) abducted a pastor and others in South Kordofan state, Sudan on July 23, his brother said. Fadi Ibrahim Tia, who is based in the area’s Nuba Mountains, said his brother, Daniel Ibrahim, was at the same house when he was abducted. Fadi Ibrahim Tia is also the brother of SCOC Pastor Yaqob Ibrahim Tia. “There is a growing targeting against the church leaders in the area,” Fadi Ibrahim Tia told Morning Star News by phone. Family members were urging well-wishers and right groups to intervene to help release the abducted pastor and those with him.