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Congressional Letter to Obama and Clinton Asks the U.S. to Make Sudan a Priority at Upcoming High-level Meetings
Posted by Annie Callaway on Apr 4, 2012

As the two Sudans remain locked in vicious border clashes, the humanitarian costs are piling up. On March 30, Representative Barbara Lee (D-CA) along with 67 of her fellow members of Congress sent a letter to President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton highlighting several upcoming opportunities the U.S. has to address the urgent situation in Sudan.

Congolese Leader Jacques Bahati Reports on the Importance of the SEC Rules for Congolese Miners
Posted by Annie Callaway on Apr 3, 2012

Congolese leader Jacques Bahati of the Africa Faith and Justice Network recently returned from a visit to mining communities in eastern Congo and published an interesting report on his findings. The visit concluded that while the SEC continues to delay its decision on the Dodd Frank section 1502 for conflict mineral reform, people in Congo are left hanging in a state of ambiguity.

Video Captures Wanted Sudanese War Criminal Inciting Soldiers to Commit Abuses
Posted by Laura Heaton on Apr 2, 2012

With 42 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity already alleged to his name, South Kordofan governor Ahmed Haroun was recently captured on camera inciting Sudan Armed Forces, or SAF, soldiers to commit war crimes in the ongoing hostilities with the rebel Sudanese People’s Liberation Army-North, or SPLA-North. A spokesman for the Sudanese government said Haroun’s remarks were “not interpreted correctly” and that the governor was “not ordering the soldiers to kill civilians but to kill rebels.” But even this attempt to rationalize Haroun’s comments does not absolve the South Kordofan governor of the allegation that he could be inciting war crimes.

European Leaders Boost Efforts to Help End Trade in Congo’s Conflict Minerals – Urge Them to Do More
Posted by Enough Team on Apr 2, 2012

Taking a cue from American legislation aimed at de-incentivizing dealings in conflict minerals from eastern Congo, European leaders are now pushing for the adoption of due diligence guidelines to regulate electronics companies peddling products that may contain conflict minerals. The Canadian and U.K.-based Centre for African Development and Security is encouraging that trend and, with its new petition, calling on European leaders to do more. Guest blogger and CADS co-founder Greg Queyranne describes the effort.

African Union Launches Initiative Against LRA but Key Questions Remain
Posted by Nenad Marinkovi... on Apr 2, 2012
African Union launch of LRA ops - Enough - Nenad Marinkovic

t a ceremony held in Juba several days ago, the African Union officially launched the implementation of its initiative against the Lord’s Resistance Army, or LRA, including an A.U. military task force. However, several key details about the military task force remain unclear, raising concerns that it will essentially put a new name on current efforts by the regional governments that have been largely failing.