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Sudan is facing one of the most important periods of time in its recent history. National elections occurred in April 2010 and a referendum for Southern Sudan and Abyei is scheduled for January 2011. Genocide continues in the Darfur region of Sudan and the International Criminal Court has issued an arrest warrant for Sudan’s President, Omar Al-Bashir. Learn how these and other important events are impacting Sudan and the Horn of Africa.

Honorable Ezekiel Lol Gatkuoth, Head of Mission for the Government of Southern Sudan Mission to the United States in Washington, DC and the former Sudan Peoples’ Liberation Movement Representative to the United States, was trained and served as a soldier in the Sudan Peoples’ Liberation Army and received a Bachelor of Arts in Criminology and Criminal Justice from the University of Maryland College Park. Hon. Gatkuoth advocates for democratic transformation in the Sudan, implementation of Sudan’s Comprehensive Peace Agreement, development for Southern Sudan, and an immediate end to the crisis in Darfur.

Roger P. Winter has worked on issues of peace, war, humanitarian assistance, civilian protection, and advocacy in Sudan - first as Executive Director of the non-profit U.S. Committee for Refugees from 1981 to 2001 and then as Assistant Administrator of USAID and as the Deputy Secretary of State’s Special Representative on Sudan from 2001 to 2006. Currently Mr. Winter advises the Government of Southern Sudan on a voluntary basis, and he was recently featured in the New York Times Magazine article, “The Man for A New Sudan.”

For additional information or to book speakers Hon. Gatkuoth and Mr. Winter, please contact Esther Sprague at esprague11 at yahoo.com.