Events Detail

The Center for Religious Freedom
and

The Institute on Religion & Democracy's
Church Alliance for a New Sudan
held a briefing:

Is Khartoum Behind Recent Violence in South Sudan?

A Report by the Governor of Central Equatoria State, South Sudan

Friday, September 18, 2009

10:00 – 11:00 AM

       Lt. General Clement Wani Konga

Central Equatoria -- including the southern capital of Juba and the important town of Yei -- is one of the areas of South Sudan that has been hardest hit by the Lord's Resistance Army and other militias that are known to be supported by Khartoum. Tens of thousands have been displaced by attacks in Central and West Equatoria States, as well as other Southern Sudanese areas. Lt. General Clement Wani Konga, the Governor of Central Equatoria State, provided an update on the attacks and direct attention to the connection between the militias and the National Congress Party regime in Khartoum. He will discuss how these issues are threatening the Comprehensive Peace Agreement of 2005.  Currently, the U.S. Special Envoy to Sudan is in Sudan to meet with top level Sudanese leaders about the CPA.

The discussion was introduced by Nina Shea, Director of the Center for Religious Freedom and moderated by Jimmy Mulla, President of Voices for Sudan.

For more information please contact Beth Kerley atbkerley@hudson.org.