Out of the Frame: Crises in Sudan and the Democratic Public of Congo

The fourth and final event in the “Out of the Frame” series hosted by the Center for the Study of the Holocaust, Genocide, and Crimes Against Humanity. The ongoing conflicts in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Sudan have witnessed mass killings of civilians, internal displacement, and the destruction of infrastructure. Yet the humanitarian crises in two of Africa’s largest countries remain outside the international spotlight. This roundtable discussion features human rights activist/scholars Fred Bauma and Nisrin Elamin. Executive Secretary of Ebuteli, a Kinshasa-based research institute, Mr Bauma is a member of Lutte pour le Changement (LUCHA), a key pro-democracy movement in the DRC; he is a leading exponent of non-violent politics in Africa today. Prof Nisrin Elamin (University of Toronto) investigates the connections between land, race, belonging and empire-making in Sudan and the broader Sahel region. She uses land and struggles over land as a lens through which to examine state surveillance of Sahelian migration.