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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Fedicca-Mohas Nubians of Sudan

The Fedicca-Mohas Nubians of Sudan, numbering approximately 192,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are a Nubian people along Sudan's Nile whose Mahas ancestors converted to Christianity in the 6th century before gradual Islamization across the 14th-17th centuries, today blending Islamic practice with older beliefs centered on the spirit of the Nile River. They mostly adhere to Sunni Islam and Nobiin is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 2.5 Flash: Fedicca/Mohas Nubian

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: Sudan
People Cluster: Nubian
Primary Language(s): Nobiin (fia)
Primary Religion(s): Sunni Islam
Population: 192,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG012019
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Sunni Islam
Religious Affiliation: Islam

99%
%
Sunni Islam Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Nobiin
Language Family: Nubian

59%
%
Nobiin Speakers

Media Resources in Nobiin:

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Fedicca-Mohas Nubians are Engaged yet Unreached, which means there are less than 2% evangelical Christian populations but there are sustained efforts at establishing self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice.

Next steps for the Fedicca-Mohas Nubians:
Continue prayer and fasting for this group
Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting among this group
Begin training up local leaders to lead and develop strategies to reach their own people

Pray specifically for the Fedicca-Mohas Nubians of Sudan

Jesus said to her, "Everyone who drinks of this water will be thirsty again, but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him will never be thirsty again. The water that I will give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life"
readJohn 4:13-14

Pray that those who don't know Jesus will drink of the living water that only Christ can provide and never thirst again.

O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! You have set your glory above the heavens.
readPsalm 8:1

Pray that those who have yet to believe will soon recognize the majesty of God's name and raise their voices in praise to the Lord Almighty.

And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that having all sufficiency in all things at all times, you may abound in every good work.
read2 Corinthians 9:8

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will trust God in all things, especially in times of persecution.

And the King will answer them, "Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me."
readMatthew 25:40

Ask God to raise up and send believers who will serve "the least of these" with compassion and energy because they know that in serving those in need, they are serving Christ.

Nubian, Fedicca-Mahas Across Countries (ROP3 - 107367) reported in the following countries:

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2 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress Index ▲LanguageReligion
Fedicca-Mohas NubiansPG012019Fedicca-Mohas NubiansSudan192,000Engaged yet UnreachedNobiinSunni Islam
Fedicca-Mohas NubiansPG042698Fedicca-Mohas NubiansEgypt455,000Engaged yet UnreachedNobiinSunni Islam

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