The continuing threat to millions of South Sudanese citizens, as well as the American and International aid workers, will be the topic of a House hearing held next Wednesday entitled “The Growing Crisis in South Sudan.” The hearing, held by Rep. Chris Smith, Chairman of the House Africa Subcommittee, will include testimony from both the current and former State Department Special Envoy to South Sudan and the Associate Director of Policy at the Enough Project.

     “Accountability for the violence across South Sudan must be established,” said Smith, who has chaired several hearings of the House Africa Subcommittee focused on Sudan and South Sudan. “All victims of violence deserve protection and assistance. This hearing will reexamine the U.S.-South Sudan relationship and consider steps to more effectively end the conflict that has cost so many lives and created so many refugees.”

Who:              Chairman Smith (NJ-04), Senior Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee and Chairman the House Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations; other members of the committee

Witness:

Panel I

The Honorable Donald Booth
Special Envoy to Sudan and South Sudan
U.S. Department of State

Panel II

Mr. Brian Adeba
Associate Director of Policy
Enough Project

Mr. Princeton N. Lyman
Senior Advisor to the President
United States Institute of Peace

What:              House hearing on the crisis in South Sudan

When:             Wednesday, September 7, 2016 at 2 p.m.

Where:            Rayburn House Office Building, Room 2172 (first floor)