On Thursday, December 11th, Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Africa Subcommittee, will chair his seventeenth congressional hearing on the civil conflicts in Sudan and the resulting human rights abuses against civilians in the country.
“Since 2023, as many as 18,000 civilian deaths have been committed in Sudan—with estimates as high as 150,000—and more than 10 million people have been displaced as a direct result of the Sudanese Civil War,” said Smith. “The catastrophic humanitarian crisis in Sudan—which includes the systemic killings, rapes, abductions, detentions, and child soldier recruitments of innocent civilians—demands our attention.”
WHAT: Congressional hearing on the status of the Sudanese Civil War, the widespread atrocity crimes and human rights abuses perpetrated by the Sudanese government against civilians, and the corresponding humanitarian crisis in Sudan.
WHEN: Thursday, December 11, 2025 at 2:00 PM
WITNESSES: (Partial list)
o The Honorable Vincent D. Spera, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of African Affairs, U.S. Department of State
o Mr. Ken Isaacs, Vice President, Programs and Government Relations, Samaritan’s Purse
o Mr. Tony Perkins, President of the Family Research Council (FRC), Vice Chair of U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom
o The Honorable Samuel Dale Brownback, Former Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom
o Ms. Nicole Widdersheim, Deputy Washington Director, Human Rights Watch
WHERE: 2172 Rayburn House Office Building
WHO: Chairman Chris Smith, other members of the HFAC Africa Subcommittee, and witnesses
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