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- ↑ Sudan Sunrise
- ↑ "Tom Prichard pursues peace, education in South Sudan". Christian Science Monitor. 27 December 2011.
- ↑ YouTube – Darfurian – Southern Sudanese Reconciliation
- ↑ YouTube – Statement on Sudanese Reconciliation
- ↑ Bok, Francis; Tivnan, Edward (2003). Escape from Slavery: The True Story of My Ten Years in Captivity and My Journey to Freedom in America (1st ed.). New York, New York: St. Martin's Press. ISBN 0-312-30623-7.
- ↑ "Home". pactsudan.org.
- ↑ "Washington D.C. Walk To End Genocide". dc.walktoendgenocide.org. Archived from the original on 2015-01-03.
