A South Sudanese perspective for post-war state building in South Sudan
Programme for African Leadership public lecture
Date: Wednesday 12 February 2014
Time: 6.30-8pm
Venue: Wolfson Theatre, New Academic Building
Speakers: Dr Barnaba Marial Benjamin, Dr Edward Thomas
Chair: Professor Tim Allen
Dr Barnaba Marial Benjamin is the keynote speaker in the first of three events focused on the situation in and future of the Republic of South Sudan.
About the speakers
Dr Barnaba Marial Benjamin is a South Sudanese Member of Parliament. He currently serves as Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation. Prior to this, he served in various ministerial positions, including Minister of Information and Broadcasting, Minister of Regional Cooperation, Minister of Commerce and Trade (before independence) and Minister of International Trade (before independence). In addition, he served as the representative of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM) in the southern African countries based in Zimbabwe.
Dr Edward Thomas worked in Sudan and Egypt for twelve years as a teacher, human rights worker and researcher. He completed a PhD at Edinburgh University in 1998 on the history of the Republican movement, a Sufi-inspired group that called for the reform of Islamic law and civil rights for all Sudanese. He is the author of Islam’s Perfect Stranger: The Life of Mahmud Muhammad Taha (2010).
About the chair
Professor Tim Allen is head of the Department of International Development, LSE.
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