Suliman Baldo is a specialist in conflict resolution, emergency relief, development and human rights in Africa and international advocacy. He has worked extensively in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Ethiopia, Eritrea, and the Sudan. He spent seven years at Human Rights Watch as a senior researcher in the Africa division and was subsequently Director of the Africa Program at the International Crisis Group and at the International Center for Transitional Justice. He is Executive Director of the Sudan Democracy First Group.