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Sudan Dispatch: Bombardments on Disputed Border a Hint of What’s to Come?
Posted by Laura Heaton on Dec 16, 2010

Much has been made of the idea that if violence erupts in Sudan in the coming months, it will start in the border region. Bombs recently fell in disputed territory between North and South, and Enough filed this new field dispatch after a trip to the site.

Darfur Dream Team Connects Darfuri and U.S. Students
Posted by Enough Team on Dec 15, 2010

The i-ACT team makes the journey to eastern Chad with the mission of implementing the technology component of the Darfur Dream Team Sister Schools Program, connecting schools in Djabal refugee camp with schools in the United States.

Live Discussion With Darfuri Refugees
Posted by Enough Team on Dec 10, 2010

This coming Sunday morning, at 10 a.m. EST and 7 a.m. PST, we are facilitating our very first live webcast from Djabal, called "Why Darfur?: A Refugee Town Hall Meeting."

Women’s Rights are Human Rights
Posted by Chloe Christman on Dec 6, 2010
IDP camp in eastern Congo - LHeaton

Melanne Verveer, the U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women’s Issues, recently hosted a panel at the State Department focused on gender-based violence as a development, humanitarian, security, and economic issue.

U.S. Congress Considers Next Steps on Congo, Conflict Minerals
Posted by Emily Backes on Dec 3, 2010
Gold in palm (S.Lezhnev)

From Capitol Hill, the conflict in eastern Congo can feel a world away, but a Congressional committee this week took up an important question: What are the implications of the conflict there on U.S. national interests and stability in the wider Great Lakes region of Africa?