A group of university students and Sudanese community in Winnipeg organized a conference last weekend to remind the international community of the threat of war in Sudan as the referendum approaches.
The conference with the theme, “Eyes on Sudan: Working for peace” was organized to create awareness among the peace advocates, academics, Canadian politicians and relevant government officials who deal with the Sudan issues, Borglobe website reported.
The group began working on the conference early last winter in response to political situation in Sudan toward the April elections that saw an increased brutality by the Khartoum government, which threatened, and tortured those who were expressing their rights to participate in the elections and held opposing views.
The group was further concerned about the implementation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement, particularly on the referendum for South Sudan, Abyei and the popular consultation in Nuba Mountain and Blue Nile.
Among the speakers if. Douglas Proudfoot, the director of Sudan taskforce in the Canadian ministry of Foreign affairs and international trade, Dr. Mom Kou, a professor of African Affairs at the University of Khartoum, Dr. Ahmed Hamid, a Sudanese physician from Darfur who had participated in Darfur peace talk in Qatar among others.