Between Destruction and Hope: Understanding Sudan’s War and the Imperative of Reconstruction
Thu 20 Nov
|Nissan Lecture Theatre
Sudan’s war has brought immense devastation—humanitarian, institutional, and societal. Yet within this crisis lies an opportunity to rethink governance and reconstruction in a post-conflict state.
Time & Location
20 Nov 2025, 17:00 – 19:00
Nissan Lecture Theatre, 62 Woodstock Rd, Oxford OX2 6JF, UK
Guests
About the event
The Oxford African Governance Forum (OAGF) invites members of the University and the wider
diplomatic and policy community to a keynote lecture by H.E. Babikir Elamin, Ambassador of the
Republic of Sudan to the United Kingdom, titled “Between Destruction and Hope: Understanding
Sudan’s War and the Imperative of Reconstruction.”
Drawing on more than three decades in Sudan’s diplomatic service, Ambassador Elamin will
provide an insider’s perspective on the origins, dynamics, and consequences of Sudan’s